helve
See also: Helve
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /hɛlv/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlv
Noun
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
The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
Verb
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
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *helbeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old High German helwa, helawa), or alternatively a more recent Germanic borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhelʋeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -elʋe
- Syllabification(key): hel‧ve
- Hyphenation(key): hel‧ve
Noun
helve
Declension
| 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. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “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
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *helbeh. Cognates include Finnish helve and Estonian helves.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋe/, [ˈhe̞lʲʋ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋe/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋeh/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞h]
- Rhymes: -elʋ, -elʋe
- Hyphenation: hel‧ve
Noun
helve
Declension
| 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
- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 35
Latin
Adjective
helve
- vocative masculine singular of helvus
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English hielfe, from Proto-West Germanic *halbī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛlv(ə)/, /ˈhilv(ə)/, /hɛlf/
Noun
helve
- helve (grip of an implement)
Descendants
References
- “helve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 March 2019.