# haf
## English
### Verb

haf
* Pronunciation spelling of have.
** 1940 February, Jesse Stuart, chapter 3, in Trees of Heaven, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., published March 1940 (4th printing), →OCLC, part I, page 18:I don’t want to haf to fight ’im but if I do haf to fight ’im I’ll fight to whop Pa.
** [1957], Kyle Onstott, chapter 31, in Mandingo, Richmond, Va.: Denlinger’s, →OCLC, page 449:“Raise your hands,” commanded the second man. “Drop the hosses an’ raise your hands. We want your money. Don’t want to haf to shoot.”
** 1973, Jaroslav Hašek, translated by Cecil Parrott, “In Budapest”, in The Good soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War […], London: Penguin Books, published 1974, →ISBN, part III (The Glorious Licking), page 536:Haf you already been to ze latrines?
** 2009, Raymond Walter Seibert, “The Stage Line”, in Goin’ Up to Cripple Creek, DeSoto, Tex.: Advanced Concept Design Books, →ISBN, page 120:“Stand easy boys,” the voice called through the dark. “We've got you covered, and we don't want to haf to shoot."
** 2017, P.F. Chisholm [pseudonym; Patricia Finney], “Edinburgh December 1592”, in A Clash of Spheres (Sir Robert Carey Mysteries; 8), Scottsdale, Ariz.: Poisoned Pen Press, →ISBN, page 163:I made Lady Viddrington bring me with her for she should haf a woman and I vont see the man vat steal her heart and make her sad for she cannot haf you.

#### Derived terms

* ve haf vays of making you talk

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦaf]

### Interjection

haf
* woof

#### Related terms

* hafan
* hafat

#### See also

* mňau

### Further reading

* “haf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “haf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “haf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haːv/
* Rhymes: -aːv

### Noun

haf n (genitive singular hafs, nominative plural höf)
* ocean, sea
    Synonyms: sjór, úthaf, (poetic) ægir, (rare) viddi

#### Derived terms

* aðalhaf
* íshaf
* hafsjór
* Hafgufa

#### See also

(oceans) haf; Suður-Íshaf, Norður-Íshaf, Atlantshaf, Indlandshaf, Kyrrahaf,

## Middle English
### Verb

haf
* Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habą.

### Pronunciation

* (12th century Icelandic) IPA: /ˈhɑv/

### Noun

haf n (genitive hafs, plural hǫf)
* sea, ocean

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: haf
* Faroese: hav
* Norwegian Nynorsk: hav
** Russenorsk: gaf
* Norwegian Bokmål: hav
* Danish: hav
* Swedish: hav
* → Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Abh, An Tabh
* → English: haaf
* → Scots: haaf

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “haf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Verb

haf
* second-person present imperative of hava

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Dutch haven.

### Noun

haf
* harbour
* port

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Haff.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxaf/
* Rhymes: -af
* Syllabification: haf

### Noun

haf m inan
* (obsolete) bay, cove, gulf (body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land)
    Synonym: zatoka

#### Declension
### Further reading

* haf in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Verb

haf
* imperative of hafva

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Old Welsh ham, from Proto-Brythonic *haβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *samos, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales, standard) IPA: /haːv/
** (North Wales, colloquial) IPA: /haː/
* (South Wales) IPA: /haːv/
* Rhymes: -aːv

### Noun

haf m (plural hafau, not mutable)
* summer
    Synonym: (poetic) hefin

#### Derived terms

* Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
* hafaidd (“summery”)
* hafod (“summer dwelling”)
* hirddydd haf, heuldro'r haf (“summer solstice”)
* safri'r haf (“summer savory”)
* sbotiau haf (“summer spots, freckles”)

### See also

Seasons in Welsh · tymhorau (layout · text) · category :
| gwanwyn (“spring”) | haf (“summer”) | hydref (“autumn”) | gaeaf (“winter”) |