haga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "haga"

Basque

Noun

haga

  1. pole, shaft, rod, staff
  2. mast
  3. beam

Faroese

Noun

haga

  1. inflection of hagi:
    1. accusative/dative/genitive singular indefinite
    2. genitive plural indefinite

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse haga (to please, placate), from Proto-Germanic *hagō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (to be able), see also Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, to agree).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːɣa/
  • Rhymes: -aːɣa

Verb

haga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hagaði, supine hagað)

  1. to behave [with dative]
    Synonym: hegða
  2. to arrange, to order

Conjugation

haga – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur haga
supine sagnbót hagað
present participle
hagandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég haga hagaði hagi hagaði
þú hagar hagaðir hagir hagaðir
hann, hún, það hagar hagaði hagi hagaði
plural við högum höguðum högum höguðum
þið hagið höguðuð hagið höguðuð
þeir, þær, þau haga höguðu hagi höguðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú haga (þú), hagaðu
plural þið hagið (þið), hagiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hagast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að hagast
supine sagnbót hagast
present participle
hagandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég hagast hagaðist hagist hagaðist
þú hagast hagaðist hagist hagaðist
hann, hún, það hagast hagaðist hagist hagaðist
plural við högumst höguðumst högumst höguðumst
þið hagist höguðust hagist höguðust
þeir, þær, þau hagast höguðust hagist höguðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hagast (þú), hagastu
plural þið hagist (þið), hagisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

  • haga sér illa
  • haga sér vel

See also

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “behagen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “522”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 522

Irish

Noun

haga

  1. h-prothesized form of aga

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈhaka/

Postposition

haga

  1. without
    Synonym: almmá

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hɑː.ɡɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haga (to please, placate), from Proto-Germanic *hagōną.

Verb

haga (present tense hagar, past tense haga, past participle haga, passive infinitive hagast, present participle hagande, imperative haga/hag)

  1. (transitive) to arrange, to order
  2. (reflexive) to adjust
  • hegde

Etymology 2

From hage (garden).

Verb

haga (present tense hagar, past tense haga, past participle haga, passive infinitive hagast, present participle hagande, imperative haga/hag)

  1. (transitive) to fence in

Etymology 3

From Old Norse haga, oblique case singular of hagi, from Proto-Germanic *hagô.

Noun

haga m (definite singular hagan)

  1. (dialectal, Southern East Norway) alternative form of hage
    • 1937, Asbjørn Dørumsgard, Jordmål, [Oslo]: Noregs boklag, page 69:
      I hagan din er alle roser raue.
      In your garden, all roses are red.

Etymology 4

Noun

haga m

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of hagar; indefinite plural of hage or hagje

References

  • “haga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Hagje”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hagō. Cognate with Old Saxon hago, Middle Dutch haghe, Old Norse hagi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈhɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

haga m

  1. a hedge, thicket, haw
  2. an enclosure, a fenced-in area, a yard
  3. a homestead, house
  4. used figuratively as a suffix to denote military formations containing spearmen (as in anhaga, cumbolhaga, færhaga, wighaga)

Descendants

  • Middle English: hawe, haȝe, haue, hahe, haw, hawghe
    • English: haw
    • Scots: haw
    • Yola: haeve

Old Norse

Noun

haga

  1. inflection of hagi:
    1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
    2. accusative/genitive plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡa/ [ˈa.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: ha‧ga

Verb

haga

  1. inflection of hacer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative