# halda
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Halde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦalda]

### Noun

halda f
* slag heap
    Synonyms: výsypka, odval
* (programming) heap (data structure made of trees)
* (programming) heap (large pool of unused memory)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Václav Machek (1968) “halda”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 157

### Further reading

* “halda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “halda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “halda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “halda” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

### Verb

halda (third person singular past indicative helt, third person plural past indicative hildu, supine hildið)
* to hold
* to think, to say
    eg haldi, at...I think, that...

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhalta/
    Rhymes: -alta

### Verb

halda (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hélt, third-person plural past indicative héldu, supine haldið)
* to hold (+ dative)
    Hún hélt barninu þétt að sér.She held the baby close.
* to think (have an opinion)
    Já, ég held það.Yes, I think so.
    Nei, ég held ekki.No, I don't think so.
    Heldurðu að útvarpið sé bilað?Do you think the radio's broken?

#### Derived terms

* ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið
* halda á
* halda áfram
* halda framhjá
* halda ræðu
* haldinn
* haltu áfram

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* halde
* haill, håill, håll, hoillj, håillj, hoill (Trøndelag dialect)

### Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną. Akin to English hold.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²hɑldɑ/

### Verb

halda (present tense held, past tense heldt, supine halde, past participle halden, present participle haldande, imperative hald or haldt)
* to hold
    Kva held du på?What are you holding?
halda fram
* to continue
halda seg
* to endure, keep
    Kor lenge held denne mjølka seg?How long will this milk keep?
    Eg må på do. Eg klarer ikkje å halda meg lenger.I need the toilet. I can not keep it in any longer.
halda til
* to stay somewhere, be somewhere
    Han held til i ei hytte i skogen.He is staying in a cabin in the woods.

### See also

* holde (Bokmål)

### References

* “halda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

### Verb

halda (singular past indicative helt, plural past indicative heldu, past participle haldinn)
* to hold

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: halda
* Faroese: halda
* Norn: halda
* Norwegian Nynorsk: halda
* Old Swedish: halda, holda, halla
** Swedish: hålla, hall (dialectal)
* Danish: holde
** Norwegian Bokmål: holde
* Old Gutnish: halda
** Gutnish: halde, alde, hald', halda

### Further reading

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

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* holda, halla

### Etymology

From Old Norse halda, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

### Verb

halda
* to hold
* to keep
* to guard, defend

#### Descendants

* Swedish: hålla, hall (dialectal)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Doublet of falda, which see. The form shows the regular shift f → h.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalda/ [ˈal̪.d̪a]
* Rhymes: -alda
* Syllabification: hal‧da

### Noun

halda f (plural haldas)
* skirt
* a kind of sack

#### Derived terms

* de haldas o de mangas

### Further reading

* “halda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10