"halv" meaning in Swedish

See halv in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhalv/ Audio: Sv-halv.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse halfr (“half”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|halfr||half}} Old Norse halfr (“half”), {{der|sv|gem-pro|*halbaz}} Proto-Germanic *halbaz Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|neuter|halvt|definite and plural|halva}} halv (neuter halvt, definite and plural halva) Forms: halvt [neuter], halva [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], halv [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], - [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], - [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], halvt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], - [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], - [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], halva [indefinite, plural, positive], - [comparative, indefinite, plural], - [indefinite, plural, superlative], halve [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], - [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], - [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], halve [definite, masculine, positive, singular], - [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], - [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], halva [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], - [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], - [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. half, ½; with one of two equal parts (50 %) Related terms: halva, hälft, halvera
    Sense id: en-halv-sv-adj-Jfop-ZpL

Preposition

IPA: /ˈhalv/ Audio: Sv-halv.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse halfr (“half”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|halfr||half}} Old Norse halfr (“half”), {{der|sv|gem-pro|*halbaz}} Proto-Germanic *halbaz Head templates: {{head|sv|preposition|head=}} halv, {{sv-prep}} halv
  1. (time) a half-hour to (preceding) the next hour, equivalent to the English phrase half past followed by the *next* hour number instead of the hour number specified in Swedish
    Sense id: en-halv-sv-prep-iQuO3kXe Categories (other): Time, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish prepositions Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 29 1 13 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Swedish prepositions: 9 91 Topics: time

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for halv meaning in Swedish (5.6kB)

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