"hæfa" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaiːva/
Rhymes: -aiːva Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} hæfa f (genitive singular hæfu, no plural) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f.sg}} Forms: hæfu [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], hæfa [indefinite, nominative, singular], hæfan [definite, nominative, singular], hæfu [accusative, indefinite, singular], hæfuna [accusative, definite, singular], hæfu [dative, indefinite, singular], hæfunni [dative, definite, singular], hæfu [genitive, indefinite, singular], hæfunnar [definite, genitive, singular]
  1. truth Tags: feminine, no-plural Synonyms: sannleikur
    Sense id: en-hæfa-is-noun-xcS62J7k
  2. fairness Tags: feminine, no-plural Synonyms: sanngirni
    Sense id: en-hæfa-is-noun-8S~Vbqme
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: engin hæfa, engin hæfa í Related terms: úr lausu lofti gripið
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈhaiːva/ Forms: hæfði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], hæft [supine]
Rhymes: -aiːva Etymology: From Old Norse hœfa. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|hœfa}} Old Norse hœfa Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|hæfði||{{{22}}}|supine|hæft||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} hæfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hæfði, supine hæft)
  1. to hit [with accusative] Tags: weak Synonyms: hitta
    Sense id: en-hæfa-is-verb-U~AyJc4J
  2. to suit, to fit [with dative ‘someone’] Tags: weak Synonyms: fara vel
    Sense id: en-hæfa-is-verb-s7ZAUVvl
  3. to befit, to be appropriate for [with dative ‘someone’] Tags: weak Synonyms: sæma, vera viðeigandi
    Sense id: en-hæfa-is-verb-EwbOPkdz Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 3 3 39 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 5 4 4 37 46
  4. (impersonal) to befit Tags: impersonal, weak
    Sense id: en-hæfa-is-verb-nIbXQDfC Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 3 3 39 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 5 4 4 37 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 3 3 38 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: óhæfa
Etymology number: 1
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      "rhymes": "-aiːva"
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          "english": "There is no truth to this!",
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        {
          "english": "There is no truth to this!",
          "text": "Það er engin hæfa í þessu!",
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        "no-plural"
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        {
          "english": "This is unfair.",
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        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaiːva/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aiːva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hæfa"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Icelandic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.