heah

See also: heah-

English

Adverb

heah (not comparable)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of here, representing African American Vernacular English.

Adjective

heah (not comparable)

  1. (US, historical, colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of here, representing African American Vernacular English.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (compare Old Frisian hāch, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit कुच (kuca, “(female) breast”), Lithuanian kaukas, Russian куча (kuča).

For more Germanic cognates: see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hæːɑh/, [hæːɑx]

Adjective

hēah (comparative hīerra, superlative hīehst)

  1. high, tall, great, illustrious

Declension
Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative hēaga hēage hēage hēagan nom. hēah hēah hēagu hēage hēagu, -e hēaga, -e
accusative hēagan hēage hēagan acc. hēagne hēah hēage hēage hēagu, -e hēaga, -e
genitive hēagan hēagra, hēagena gen. hēages hēages hēagre hēagra
dative hēagan hēagum dat. hēagum hēagum hēagre hēagum
instrumental hēage

Derived terms
  • hīehþu

Descendants
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