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hap

hap · haps

щасливий збіг обставин

случай, шанс, опасность

Gefahr, Zufall, Hindernis

A person's lot, luck, fortune, fateA person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.

/hæp/

» Year in and year out in this place we have naught but these little haps to lighten our thoughts.

Значення

значень: 5

(архаїчне, незлічуване)A person's lot (good or bad), luck, fortune, fate.
(архаїчне, злічуване)A stroke of good or bad luck, an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event.
(архаїчне, у множині, сленг)Happenings; events; goings-on.
(Pennsylvania, Шотландія, Британія, Western, архаїчне)A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm.
(архаїчне)Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.

Ще визначення

an accidental happening

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Year in and year out in this place we have naught but these little haps to lighten our thoughts.
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Походження

From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), potentially cognate with or

From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), potentially cognate with or from Old English ġehæp (“fit, convenient”) and/or Old Norse happ (“hap, chance, good luck”), from Proto-Germanic *hampą (“convenience, happiness”), from Proto-Indo-European *kob- (“good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”).

Inherited from Old English hap.

Shortening of New Latin Haplochromis.

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