hefta

From Swedish häfta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheftɑ/, [ˈhe̞ft̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eftɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): hef‧ta

hefta (colloquial)

1. plaster, band-aid

• laastari

• “hefta”, 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 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛfta/

  Rhymes: -ɛfta

From Old Norse hepta, from Proto-Germanic *haftijaną.

hefta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hefti, supine heft)

1. to bind
2. to nip, to hinder
3. to sew or staple (sheets of paper or similar), especially to form a booklet, fascicle or quire

From hefti (“staple”).

hefta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heftaði, supine heftað)

1. to staple (fasten with a staple)

• heftene

hefta n

1. definite plural of hefte

From Old Norse hepta.

• hefte (e and split infinitives)

hefta (present tense heftar or hefter, past tense hefta or hefte, past participle hefta or heft, passive infinitive heftast, present participle heftande, imperative heft)

1. to encumber

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hefta n

1. definite plural of heft
2. definite plural of hefte

From Proto-Germanic *haftijaną.

hefta

1. to fix

• èfta

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هفته (hafta), from Persian هفته (hafte, “week”), from هفت (haft, “seven”). Akin to heftàluk.

• IPA^(key): /xěfta/
• Hyphenation: hef‧ta

hèfta f (Cyrillic spelling хѐфта)

1. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) week

• (week): sèdmica, nèdjelja, tjȅdan (Croatia)

• uhèftati

• “hefta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 325