FromAncient Greekἧτᾰ(hêtă).
heta (pluralhetas)
- TheAncient Greeklettereta, or variants of it, when used in their original function of denoting theconsonant/h/.
variant of the Ancient Greek letter eta when used to denote the consonant /h/
heta m orf (invariable)
- heta (old Greek letter)
heta
- Rōmaji transcription ofへた
heta
- simplepast andpastparticiple ofhete(“toheat”)
- Alternative form:hetet
heta
- inflection ofhete:
- simplepast
- pastparticiple
FromOld Norseheita, fromProto-Germanic*haitaną.
hēta
- tocall,invoke
- to becalled, benamed
Conjugation ofhēta (strong) | present | | past |
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| infinitive | hēta | — |
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| participle | hētandi,hētande | hētin |
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| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
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| iæk | hēter | hēti,hēte | — | hǣt | hǣti,hǣte |
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| þū | hēter | hēti,hēte | hēt | *hǣst | hǣti,hǣte |
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| han | hēter | hēti,hēte | — | hǣt | hǣti,hǣte |
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| vīr | hētum,hētom | hētum,hētom | hētum,hētom | hǣtum,hǣtom | hǣtum,hǣtom |
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| īr | hētin | hētin | hētin | hǣtin | hǣtin |
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| þēr | hēta | hētin | — | hǣtu,hǣto | hǣtin |
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| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
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| iæk | hēts | hētis,hētes | — | hǣts | hǣtis,hǣtes |
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| þū | hēts | hētis,hētes | — | *hǣsts | hǣtis,hǣtes |
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| han | hēts | hētis,hētes | — | hǣts | hǣtis,hǣtes |
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| vīr | hētums,-oms | hētums,hētoms | — | hǣtums,hǣtoms | hǣtums,hǣtoms |
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| īr | hētins | hētins | — | hǣtins | hǣtins |
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| þēr | hētas | hētins | — | hǣtus,hǣtos | hǣtins |
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heta
- much;a lot
heta
- many
-heta (infinitiveguheta,perfective-hese)
- (transitive)bend
FromOld Swedishhēta, fromOld Norseheita, fromProto-Germanic*haitaną.
heta (presentheter,preteritehette,supinehetat,imperativehet)
- tobe called; to have as one'sname, tohight
- 1541,Gustav Vasa Bible,Genesis (Första Mosebok), 29:16, page28 (paragraph 3, line 30)
Och Laban hadhe twå döttrar / the äldstaheet Lea / och the yngstaheet Rahel.- (modernized) Och Laban hade två döttrar / den äldstahette Lea / och den yngstahette Rachel.
- And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
1969,Lasse Berghagen, “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the Teddy Bear]”[1]:Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, såhette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.- Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name [sowas-named he]. Once [one time] he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose [it – redundant] was made of yarn [was of yarn]. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.
1989,Jakob Hellman, “Hon har ett sätt [She Has a Way]”, in...och stora havet [...and the great sea][2]:Och fråga efter hennes namn tror jag inte att jag ska. Jag är lite rädd att hon skaheta nåt som inte låter bra.- And ask for her name I don't think I should [shall]. I'm a bit afraid she'llbe called [that she shallbe-named] something [or "have a name," which sounds the same] that doesn't sound good.
Vadheter du?- What's your name?
- (literally, “Whatare younamed?”)
Vadheter det på svenska?- Whatis itcalled in Swedish?
Landet Sri Lankahette förr Ceylon.- The country of Sri Lankawas formerlycalled Ceylon.
- to beclaimed (often of something dubious)
I deras egen rapportheter det att de hade bygglov- In their own report,they claim that they had a building permit
- (obsolete) to call, to name; to command
heta
- inflection ofhet:
- definitesingular
- plural
