helve
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English helfe , helve ; from Old English hielfe , from Proto-Germanic *halbiją . Probably cognate to English half , although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm .
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 ]to furnish with a helve
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 ]- IPA (key): /ˈhelʋex/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -elʋe
- Syllabification(key): hel‧ve
- Hyphenation(key): hel‧ve
Noun
[edit ]helve
Declension
[edit ]| Inflection of helve (Kotus type 48*E/hame , p–v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2 July 2023
- "helve", in Nykysuomen sanakirja [The Dictionary of Modern Finnish]PDF (in Finnish), volume 1 (A–I), Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1951–1961, page 419
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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 6 March 2019.
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