hæft
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Verb
hæft
- imperative of hæfte
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.
Cognate with Middle Low German hecht (Dutch hecht, heft), Old High German hefti (German Heft), Old Norse hepti. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht (Welsh caeth (“slave”), Breton keaz (“poor”)), Albanian kap (“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopītī- (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште (xapjǫšte), Russian ха́пать (xápatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt (“bite”)).
Noun
hæft n
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (“grabbed”). See Etymology 1.
Noun
hæft m
Declension
Declension of hæft (strong a-stem)
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