"haint" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Cimbrian]

Etymology: From Middle High German *heinaht, from Old High German hīnaht (“tonight”), from hī (“this”, from Proto-Germanic *hiz) + naht (“night”). Cognate with obsolete German heint, heinacht (“tonight”), Bavarian heint (“today”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cim|gmh||*heinaht}} Middle High German *heinaht, {{inh|cim|goh|hīnaht||tonight}} Old High German hīnaht (“tonight”), {{m+|gem-pro|*hiz}} Proto-Germanic *hiz, {{cog|de|heint}} German heint, {{cog|bar|heint||today}} Bavarian heint (“today”) Head templates: {{head|cim|adverb|||||cat2=|head=}} haint, {{cim-adv}} haint
  1. (Sette Comuni) this evening Tags: Sette-Comuni Categories (topical): Night, Present Synonyms: hoint [Luserna] Derived forms: haintenacht (english: tonight) Related terms: hôar
    Sense id: en-haint-cim-adv-ZUXhNonU Categories (other): Cimbrian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Sette Comuni Cimbrian, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 40 3 13 3 37 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 3 16 3 36 1 2

Contraction [English]

IPA: /heɪnt/
Rhymes: -eɪnt Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} haint, {{en-cont}} haint
  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ain't Tags: alt-of, alternative, contraction, dialectal Alternative form of: ain't
    Sense id: en-haint-en-contraction-pRJZhynW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /heɪnt/ Forms: haints [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnt Head templates: {{en-noun}} haint (plural haints)
  1. (US, dialectal) A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt. Tags: US, dialectal Categories (topical): Ghosts Derived forms: haint blue Related terms: ha'nt, hant, harnt
    Sense id: en-haint-en-noun-if-Hw4-Q Disambiguation of Ghosts: 9 82 10 Categories (other): American English, Appalachian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Appalachian English: 15 47 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 51 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 40 3 13 3 37 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 3 16 3 36 1 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /heɪnt/ Forms: haints [present, singular, third-person], hainting [participle, present], hainted [participle, past], hainted [past]
Rhymes: -eɪnt Head templates: {{en-verb}} haint (third-person singular simple present haints, present participle hainting, simple past and past participle hainted)
  1. (US, dialectal) Alternative form of haunt Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: haunt
    Sense id: en-haint-en-verb-56KvkNXA Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Irish]

Head templates: {{head|ga|mutated noun|g=f-s}} haint f sg
  1. h-prothesized form of aint Tags: alt-of, feminine, prothesis-h, singular Alternative form of: aint
    Sense id: en-haint-ga-noun-R8BabYqN Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 40 3 13 3 37 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 3 16 3 36 1 2

Noun [Welsh]

IPA: /hai̯nt/ Forms: heintiau [plural]
Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|heintiau}} haint f (plural heintiau, not mutable)
  1. infection, disease Tags: feminine, not-mutable Synonyms: clefyd
    Sense id: en-haint-cy-noun-nI4B0wlW
  2. plague, pestilence Tags: feminine, not-mutable Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: pla, bad
    Sense id: en-haint-cy-noun-RiD6Rzxv Disambiguation of Pathology: 31 69 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gwrth-haint, heintio, heintrydd, heintus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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          "ref": "1988, Randy Russell, Janet Barnett, “Dead Dan's Shadow on the Wall”, in Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina, page 5:",
          "text": "Looking from juror to juror and seeking out the smug faces of the witnesses who'd testified against him, he repeated his threat. \"Those who say I kilt anybody are liars,\" he proclaimed. \"And each of you will be hainted every day for the rest of your life. Then the devil will have ye.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Winson Hudson, Derrick Bell, Constance Curry, Mississippi Harmony: Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter, page 17:",
          "text": "After he killed him, Ed came back and he didn't have no head and he hainted [haunted] Ole Master until he died himself — getting in his way all the time — Ole Ed would be right there with him.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, W. Bruce Wingo, There Grows a Crooked Tree, page 92:",
          "text": "“I just don't think it happened that way,” he argued. “Otherwise, the ghost wouldn't still be hainting the tree.”",
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        "(US, dialectal) Alternative form of haunt"
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}

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      "word": "haint blue"
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          "ref": "1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 254:",
          "text": "\"Ain't you scared of haints?\"",
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          "ref": "1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 18:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Eulie Rowan, “The Four-Legged Haint”, in The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs, Simon and Schuster, page 106:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2009, Mary Monroe, God Still Don't Like Ugly, page 211:",
          "text": "My dead grandpa's haint floated above my bed one night when I was a young'un and scared me so bad I busted the bedroom door down tryin' to get out that room so fast.",
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          "word": "bad"
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