helve
Appearance
See also: Helve
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]helve (plural helves)
- The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
- 1917, Robert Frost, "The Ax-helve":
- It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain […]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 847:
- Happily they were only sketchily armed, the group-leaders carried pistols and pick-helves.
- A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Translations
[edit]The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
Verb
[edit]helve (third-person singular simple present helves, present participle helving, simple past and past participle helved)
- (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
Translations
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *helbeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old High German helwa, helawa), or alternatively a more recent Germanic borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]helve
Declension
[edit]Inflection of helve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | helve | helpeet | |
genitive | helpeen | helpeiden helpeitten | |
partitive | helvettä | helpeitä | |
illative | helpeeseen | helpeisiin helpeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | helve | helpeet | |
accusative | nom. | helve | helpeet |
gen. | helpeen | ||
genitive | helpeen | helpeiden helpeitten | |
partitive | helvettä | helpeitä | |
inessive | helpeessä | helpeissä | |
elative | helpeestä | helpeistä | |
illative | helpeeseen | helpeisiin helpeihin | |
adessive | helpeellä | helpeillä | |
ablative | helpeeltä | helpeiltä | |
allative | helpeelle | helpeille | |
essive | helpeenä | helpeinä | |
translative | helpeeksi | helpeiksi | |
abessive | helpeettä | helpeittä | |
instructive | — | helpein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “helve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *helbeh. Cognates include Finnish helve and Estonian helves.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋe/, [ˈhe̞lʲʋ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋe/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋeh/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞h]
- Rhymes: -elʋ, -elʋe
- Hyphenation: hel‧ve
Noun
[edit]helve
Declension
[edit]Declension of helve (type 6/lähe, p-v gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | helve | helpeet |
genitive | helpeen | helpein |
partitive | helvettä | helpeitä |
illative | helpeesse | helpeisse |
inessive | helpees | helpeis |
elative | helpeest | helpeist |
allative | helpeelle | helpeille |
adessive | helpeel | helpeil |
ablative | helpeelt | helpeilt |
translative | helpeeks | helpeiks |
essive | helpeennä, helpeen | helpeinnä, helpein |
exessive1) | helpeent | helpeint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
[edit]- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 35
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]helve
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English hielfe, from Proto-West Germanic *halbī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]helve
- helve (grip of an implement)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “helve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-06.
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