Old English · adjective

gehæp

Normalised ġehæp

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /jeˈxæp/
[jeˈhæp]
Syllables: je · ˈxæp (2 syllables)
Modern English: suitable fitting proper convenient

Meaning

suitable; fitting; proper
convenient

Declension

Strong declension of gehæp
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġehæp	ġehapu ġehapo	ġehæp
Accusative	ġehæpne	ġehape	ġehæp
Genitive	ġehapes	ġehæpre	ġehapes
Dative	ġehapum	ġehæpre	ġehapum
Instrumental	ġehape	ġehæpre	ġehape
Plural
Nominative	ġehape	ġehapa ġehape	ġehapu ġehapo
Accusative	ġehape	ġehapa ġehape	ġehapu ġehapo
Genitive	ġehæpra	ġehæpra	ġehæpra
Dative	ġehapum	ġehapum	ġehapum
Instrumental	ġehapum	ġehapum	ġehapum

Weak declension of gehæp
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġehapa	ġehape	ġehape
Accusative	ġehapan	ġehapan	ġehape
Genitive	ġehapan	ġehapan	ġehapan
Dative	ġehapan	ġehapan	ġehapan
Instrumental	ġehapan	ġehapan	ġehapan
Plural
Nominative	ġehapan	ġehapan	ġehapan
Accusative	ġehapan	ġehapan	ġehapan
Genitive	ġehæpra ġehapena	ġehæpra ġehapena	ġehæpra ġehapena
Dative	ġehapum	ġehapum	ġehapum
Instrumental	ġehapum	ġehapum	ġehapum

Etymology

From ġe- + *hæp, the second element from Proto-West Germanic *hap(p), from Proto-Germanic *happaz, *hampaz (“fitting; convenient”), from the noun *happą, *hampą (“convenience”), cognate with Old Danish happ (“fortunate”). More at hap.

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