Heahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

heah (not comparable)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

参考

• theah
• wheah

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hāh, Old Saxon hōh, Old High German hōh, Old Dutch hōh, Old Norse hár, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs).

発音

• IPA: /xæ͜ɑːx/, [hæ͜ɑːx]
• 韻: -æ͜ɑːx

形容詞

hēah (comparative hīerra, superlative hīehst)

1. high, tall
   • Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

     ...seoððan þū þonne hafast handum āmetene hū hēh and dēop hell inneweard sēo, grim græfhūs, gong ricene tō...

     ...then, after thou hast with thy hands measured how high and deep hell is within, the grim grave-house, go forthwith to...

2. exalted, important
3. proud
4. deep
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
     ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
     ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
     dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
     in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
     carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
     over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
     a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

5. right (as opposed to left)
6. (in compounds) main, principal, arch-

   hēahfæder ― patriarch

   hēahenġel ― arch-angel

   hēahcleofa ― main chamber

7. (in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection

   hēahfæst ― permanent, immutable

使用する際の注意点

Names formed with the element hēah, such as Reġenhēah, are always masculine.

語形変化

反意語

• dēop (“deep”)
• niþerlīċ (“low”)

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: heigh
  • English: high, heigh (dialectal), hi (informal)
    • Sranan Tongo: hei
    • → German: high
    • → Polish: haj
  • Scots: heich
  • Yola: heigh, heighe, heegh, hia, hie
• Scots: he-, hey-

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