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Definition hap
Etymology 1
From Middle English hap, happe (“chance, hap, luck, fortune”), from Old Norse happ (“hap, chance, good luck”), from Proto-Germanic *hamp? (“convenience, happiness”), from Proto-Indo-European *kob- (“good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”). Cognate with Icelandic happ (“hap, chance, good luck”). Related also to Icelandic heppinn (“lucky, fortunate, happy”), Old Danish hap (“fortunate”), Old English ?ehæp (“fit, convenient”), Swedish hampa (“to turn out”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kob?, “fate”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).
The verb is from Middle English happen, from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijan? (“to fit in, be fitting”), from the noun. Cognate with Old Danish happe (“to chance, happen”), Norwegian heppa (“to occur, happen”).
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- (slang, in the plural) Happenings; events; goings-on.
- (archaic) That which happens; an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event; chance; fortune; luck.
Verb
hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)
Etymology 2
From Old English hap.
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- (Britain, Scotland, Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) 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.
Verb
hap (third-person singular simple present haps, present participle happing, simple past and past participle happed)
Etymology 3
Shortening of Haplochromis
Noun
hap (plural haps)
- Any of the cichlid fishes of the tribe Haplochromini.
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