har
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Alternative forms
Interjection
har
- A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.
- 2014, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Armor Outpost:
- Armorer: 'THIS BE THE AERIAL ANVIL! NEED AN ARMOR UPGRADE? IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FORGED, I'M YOUR FELLA! HAR HAR!'
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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German har.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- haar (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”). Cognate with German Haar, English hair.
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑr/
- Hyphenation: har
- Rhymes: -ɑr
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch herre, from Old Dutch *herro, from Proto-Germanic *herzô.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Hausa
Koyra Chiini
References
- Jeffrey Heath, A Grammar of Koyra Chiini: The Songhay of Timbuktu
Middle English
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Gascon) (file)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 77.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hār.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hairaz, from Proto-Indo-European *key-, *koy-. Cognate with Old High German hēr (German hehr (“august, holy”)), Old Norse hárr (“grey”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”), Old Saxon hēr. Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit केतु (ketu, “light, torch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɑːr/, [hɑːr]
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | hār | hār | hār |
Accusative | hārne | hāre | hār |
Genitive | hāres | hārre | hāres |
Dative | hārum | hārre | hārum |
Instrumental | hāre | hārre | hāre |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | hāre | hāra, hāre | hār |
Accusative | hāre | hāra, hāre | hār |
Genitive | hārra | hārra | hārra |
Dative | hārum | hārum | hārum |
Instrumental | hārum | hārum | hārum |
Derived terms
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognates include Old English hār and Old High German hēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːr/
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”).
Phalura
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /har/
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic харь (xarĭ), from Greek χάρις (cháris).
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) har | harul | (niște) haruri | harurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) har | harului | (unor) haruri | harurilor |
vocative | harule | harurilor |
Sumerian
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hire, from Proto-Germanic *hezōi, dative singular feminine of *hiz (“this”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /har/