hath

From Middle English hath, heth, hafth, hefth, from Old English hæfþ, hafaþ (“has”), from Proto-Germanic *habaiþi (“has”), equivalent to have +‎ -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian häd (“has”), West Frisian hat (“has”), Dutch heeft (“has”), Afrikaans het (“has, have”), German Low German hett (“has”), German hat (“has”).

• enPR: hăth, IPA^(key): /hæθ/

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hath

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of have

   Thirty days hath September.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 19:26:

     ... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ...

   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of Glubbdubdrib. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 108:

     I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.

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hath!

1. Alternative form of ha (“ha!”)

hath!

1. Alternative form of huth (“huh!”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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hath

1. third-person singular present indicative of haven