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Etymologie eedit

Frae Northren Middle Inglish hap(pe)[1]

Pronunciation eedit

Spellin variants eedit

  • happ
  • haup

Verb eedit

hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happin, simple past an past participle hapt or happit)

[1] (transitive an intransitive) tae kiver, sorroond or bield something

Conjugation eedit

Conjugation o hap
Infinite forms
infinitive (fir tae) hap
present participle happin
past participle happit, hapt, ha(p)ped[1]
Finite forms
  simple present narrative present simple past
first-person singular A hap, haps[N 1] haps happit, hapt, ha(p)ped[1]
seicont-person singular ye/you
seicont-person sg. intimate[N 2] du/thoo haps
third-person singular he/she/(h)it haps
first-person plural we hap, haps[N 1]
seicont-person plural yese/youse
seicont-person pl. collective[N 3] awyese/awyouse
third-person plural thay hap, haps[N 1]
  1. a b c Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised.
  2. Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo).
  3. Awyese/awyouse is fur whan ye'r referin tae a hale collective o fowk insteid o multiple fowk individual-like.
    For exemple, askin "Are yese awa?" will gie ye different repones fae different fowk, whaur "Are awyese awa?" will git ye ae repone fae somebody representin 'e hale boorach.

Derived terms eedit

  • [2] hap in
  • [2] happer
  • [3] happin
  • [3] happers

Synonyms eedit

In ither leids eedit

  • Scots Gaelic: [1] cùirneachadh
  • German: [1] bedecken, umgeben, umfangen
  • Inglis: [1] cover, surround, enfold
  • Italian: [1] coprire, circondare

References eedit

  1. a b c "hap, v.1, n.1". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 October 2020.