his

See also: Appendix:Variations of "his"

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Alternative forms

• His (honorific)

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪz/

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  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɘz/
• (unstressed form)
  • IPA^(key): /ɪ̈z/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /əz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

Determiner

his

1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.] quotations ▼
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 41:

     With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed,
     With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare,
     Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   • 2011 April 8, Xan Rice, “Ivory Coast: 100 more bodies found as ethnic tensions rise”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.

2. (sometimes dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. quotations ▼
   • 1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]

   • 2003, Norman L. Geisler, Winfried Corduan, Philosophy of Religion: Second Edition, page 9:

     It is our conviction that piecemeal critiques of nontheisms will not suffice. The theist must enter the arena with a positive and comprehensive case of his own.

3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th–17th c.] quotations ▼
   • 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] ‎^[2], London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972:

     In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation
     I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes […]

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Drunkennesse”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 200:

     My ſtomacke could not well reach ſo farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his neede.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:

     Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?

4. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. [from 11th c.]

   Ahab his mark

   for Ahab's mark.

   Sejanus his Fall

Usage notes

• When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective, qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.
• (fourth sense) See His genitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Hislam

Translations

show ▼±attributive: belonging to him

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• Albanian: tij (sq)
• American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp
• Arabic: ـهُ (ar) (-hu), (possessive pronoun) لَه (lah)

  Egyptian Arabic: ـه (-u), (possessive pronoun) ليه (li) بتاعو m (betaʕo) بتاعتو f (betaʕto) بتوعو pl (betoʕo)

• Armenian: նրա (hy) (nra)

  Old Armenian: նորա (nora)

• Aromanian: seu, (a) lui
• Asturian: so (ast)
• Bahamian Creole: he own
• Belarusian: яго́ (jahó), яго́ны (jahóny) (common, colloquial), свой (svoj) (own, generic)
• Bikol Central: saiya (bcl) (before a noun), niya (bcl) (after a noun)
• Breton: e (br)
• Bulgarian: не́гов (négov), свой (svoj) (own, generic)
• Burmese: သူ့ (su.)
• Catalan: seu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 他的 (zh) (tā de)

• Coptic: ⲡⲉϥ m (pef), ⲧⲉϥ f (tef), ⲛⲉϥ m pl or f pl (nef)
• Czech: jeho (cs), svůj (cs) (own, generic)
• Danish: hans (da)
• Dutch: zijn (nl) m
• Egyptian: (.f)
• Esperanto: lia (eo)
• Estonian: tema (et), ta (et)
• Finnish: hänen (fi)
• French: son (fr) m, sa (fr) f, ses (fr) pl
• Friulian: so, sô
• Galician: seu (gl) m, súa f, seus m pl, súas f pl
• Georgian: მისი (misi), თავისი (tavisi)
• German: sein (de) m, n, seine (de) f, seine (de) pl

  Alemannic German: siin m, sini f, siis n

• Gothic: 𐌹𐍃 (is)
• Greek: του (el) m (tou)

  Ancient: (genitive of personal pronoun) αὐτοῦ (autoû); (medial, proximal, distal demonstrative) τούτου (toútou), τοῦδε (toûde), ἐκείνου (ekeínou); (Epic demonstrative) τοῦ (toû); (Epic possessive adjective) ὅς (hós), ἑός (heós)

• Greenlandic: uuma
• Hawaiian: kona, kāna
• Hebrew: שלו (he) (sheló)
• Hindi: उसका (uskā), इसका (iskā), उनका (hi) (unkā) (formal)
• Hungarian: -a (hu), -e (hu), -ja, -je
• Ido: ilua (io)
• Interlingua: su
• Irish: a (ga)
• Italian: suo (it) m, sua (it) f, suoi (it) pl, sue (it) f pl
• Japanese: 彼の (ja) (かれの, kare no)
• Kalmyk: энүнә (enünä), терүнә (terünä)
• Korean: 그의 (ko) (geuui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: wî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: анын (ky) (anın)
• Latin: suus (la), eius (la), illius
• Latvian: viņa (lv)
• Lithuanian: savas
• Louisiana Creole French: sô m, sâ f, sê pl
• Lower Sorbian: jogo
• Luxembourgish: säi, senger
• Macedonian: негов (negov), свој (svoj) (own, generic)
• Maltese: tiegħu, tagħhom pl
• Maori: tāna (singular dominant), tōna (singular subordinate), āna (plural dominant), ōna (plural subordinate), tana (singular neutral and informal), ana (plural neutral or informal)
• Navajo: bi-
• Ngarrindjeri: kinauwe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hans (no), sin (no) (own, generic)

  Nynorsk: hans, hass (dialectal), sin (own, generic)

• Nyunga: balup
• Occitan: seu (oc), seuna (oc)
• Odia: ତାର (or) (tāra)
• Ojibwe: o-
• Persian: او (fa) (u)
• Pipil: i-
• Polish: jego (pl), swój (pl)
• Portuguese: seu (pt)
• Romani: lesqo m, lesqi f, lesqe pl
• Romanian: său (ro) m, sa f, săi pl, sale (ro) f pl, lui (ro)
• Romansch: ses, sia
• Russian: его́ (ru) (jevó), свой (ru) (svoj) (own, generic)
• Scottish Gaelic: a
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: њѐгов, сво̑ј (own, generic)

  Roman: njègov, svȏj (sh) (own, generic)

• Slovak: jeho (sk), svoj (own, generic)
• Slovene: njegôv (sl), svój (own, generic)
• Spanish: su (es) sg, sus (es) pl
• Swedish: hans (sv), sin (sv) (reflexive)
• Tagalog: niya, (usually preceded by sa) kaniya (all both male and female)
• Telugu: వాడి (te) (vāḍi) (informal), అతని (atani), ఆయన (te) (āyana) (formal)
• Thai: ของเขา (kɔ̌ɔng kǎo)
• Tigrinya: ናቱ m (natu)
• Tlingit: du
• Turkish: onun (tr)
• Ukrainian: його́ (uk) (johó), свій (uk) (svij) (own, generic)
• Upper Sorbian: jeho
• Urdu: اس کا (us ka, is ka), ان کا (un ka) (formal)
• Venetan: so (vec) m or m pl or f or f pl
• Vietnamese: của anh ấy, của nó, của hắn
• Volapük: omik (vo)
• Waray-Waray: iya, ira pl
• West Frisian: syn (fy)
• Zulu: possessive concord + -khe class 1 (most common), -wo class 3, -lo class 5, -so class 7, -yo class 9, -lo class 11

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  masc.masc. dualmasc. pl.

  fem.fem. dualfem. pl.

  commoncommon dualcommon pl.

  neuterneuter dualneuter pl.

  singulardualplural

  imperfectiveperfective

  Noun class: Plural class:

  Transliteration: (e.g. zìmǔ for 字母)

  Literal translation:

  Raw page name: (e.g. 疲れる for 疲れた)

  Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)

  Script code: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
  

  Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)

Pronoun

his (plural his)

1. That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

   This pen is his. These books are also his.

   The decision was his to live with.

   His is bigger than mine.

   That cough of his is really getting on my nerves. (double possessive)

2. (informal) His house or home.

   After our night out, I went back to his.

3. Alternative spelling of His

Translations

show ▼±that which belongs to him

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• American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp
• Armenian: իր (hy) (ir)
• Azerbaijani: onunku, onun
• Bikol Central: saiya (bcl)
• Catalan: el seu m, la seva f, els seus pl, les seves f pl
• Coptic:

  Bohairic: ⲫⲱϥ m (phōf), ⲑⲱϥ f (thōf), ⲛⲟⲩϥ pl (nouf)

  Sahidic: ⲡⲱϥ m (pōf), ⲧⲱϥ f (tōf), ⲛⲟⲩϥ pl (nouf)

• Czech: jeho (cs)
• Danish: hans (da)
• Dutch: de zijne, aan hem
• Egyptian: (pꜣy.f m), (tꜣy.f f), (nꜣy.f pl)
• Esperanto: lia (eo)
• Finnish: hänen (fi)
• French: le sien (fr) m, la sienne (fr) f, les siens (fr) pl, les siennes (fr) f pl
• German: seiner (de) f, seine (de) f or pl, seines (de) n, sein (de) m or f or n, der Seine m, die Seine f, das Seine n, die Seinen pl, seins (de) n
• Greek: δικός του (el) m (dikós tou), δικιά του f (dikiá tou), δική του (el) f (dikí tou), δικό του (el) n (dikó tou), δικοί του (el) m pl (dikoí tou), δικές του (el) f pl (dikés tou), δικά του (el) n pl (diká tou)
• Hebrew: שלו (he), שלו (he) (shelo)
• Hungarian: (az) övé (hu)
• Ido: ilua (io)
• Latin: eius (la), suus (la), illius, huius (la)
• Latvian: viņa (lv), viņējs, viņējais
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hans (no)

  Nynorsk: hans

• Portuguese: dele (pt)
• Romanian: al lui (ro) m, al său (ro) m, a sa f, ai săi m pl, ale sale (ro) f pl
• Russian: его́ (ru) (jevó)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: њѐгов, сво̑ј

  Roman: njègov, svȏj (sh)

• Shor: ааң
• Slovak: jeho (sk)
• Slovene: njegôv (sl)
• Spanish: suyo (es) m sg, suya (es) f sg, suyos (es) m pl, suyas (es) f pl
• Swedish: hans (sv)
• Tagalog: kaniya (both male and female)
• Tuvan: ооңуу (ooñuu)
• Yakut: киниэнэ (kiniene)

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  masc.masc. dualmasc. pl.

  fem.fem. dualfem. pl.

  commoncommon dualcommon pl.

  neuterneuter dualneuter pl.

  singulardualplural

  imperfectiveperfective

  Noun class: Plural class:

  Transliteration: (e.g. zìmǔ for 字母)

  Literal translation:

  Raw page name: (e.g. 疲れる for 疲れた)

  Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)

  Script code: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
  

  Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)

See also

show ▼English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics. personal pronoun possessive pronoun possessive determiner subjective objective reflexive first person singular I me (colloquial) me myself me mysen mine my mine (before vowels, archaic) me plural we us ourselves ourself oursen ours our second person singular standard (historically formal) you you yourself yoursen yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) your archaic (historically informal) thou thee thyself theeself thysen thine thy thine (before vowels) plural standard you ye (archaic) you yourselves yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) your colloquial you all y'all you guys you all y'all you guys y'allselves y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed) y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed) informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) third person singular masculine he him himself hisself (archaic) hissen his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) his feminine she her herself hersen hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) her neuter it hit it hit itself hitself its his (archaic) its his (archaic) hits genderless1 they them themself, themselves theirs their nonspecific (formal) one one oneself – one's plural they them hem, 'em themselves theirsen theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) their 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.

• he
• her
• hers
• him
• his/her
• hisn
• his'n

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Etymology 2

Noun

his

1. plural of hi quotations ▼
   • 2009, John M. Carney, Welcome to Tranquility:

     The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.

Anagrams

• -ish, Hsi, IHS, Ish, Shi, ish, shi

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һис
Abjad		هيس

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ïjs (“smell, odour”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑс (jăs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [his]

• Audio:

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Noun

his (definite accusative hisi, plural hislər)

1. soot, (black) smoke, fume synonym ▲

   Synonym: qurum

Declension

show ▼Declension of his

	singular	plural
nominative	his	hislər
definite accusative	hisi	hisləri
dative	hisə	hislərə
locative	hisdə	hislərdə
ablative	hisdən	hislərdən
definite genitive	hisin	hislərin

show ▼Possessive forms of his

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisim	hislərim
sənin (“your”)	hisin	hislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisi	hisləri
bizim (“our”)	hisimiz	hislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	hisiniz	hisləriniz
onların (“their”)	hisi or hisləri	hisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimi	hislərimi
sənin (“your”)	hisini	hislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisini	hislərini
bizim (“our”)	hisimizi	hislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	hisinizi	hislərinizi
onların (“their”)	hisini or hislərini	hislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimə	hislərimə
sənin (“your”)	hisinə	hislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisinə	hislərinə
bizim (“our”)	hisimizə	hislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	hisinizə	hislərinizə
onların (“their”)	hisinə or hislərinə	hislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimdə	hislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	hisində	hislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisində	hislərində
bizim (“our”)	hisimizdə	hislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	hisinizdə	hislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	hisində or hislərində	hislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimdən	hislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	hisindən	hislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisindən	hislərindən
bizim (“our”)	hisimizdən	hislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	hisinizdən	hislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	hisindən or hislərindən	hislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	hisimin	hislərimin
sənin (“your”)	hisinin	hislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	hisinin	hislərinin
bizim (“our”)	hisimizin	hislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	hisinizin	hislərinizin
onların (“their”)	hisinin or hislərinin	hislərinin

Danish

Noun

his n

1. indefinite genitive singular of hi

Finnish

Etymology

From German His (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhis/, [ˈhis̠]
• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation^(key): his

Noun

his

1. (music) B-sharp

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

more ▼Inflection of his (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		his	hisit
genitive		hisin	hisien
partitive		hisiä	hisejä
illative		hisiin	hiseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		his	hisit
accusative	nom.	his	hisit
	gen.	hisin
genitive		hisin	hisien
partitive		hisiä	hisejä
inessive		hisissä	hiseissä
elative		hisistä	hiseistä
illative		hisiin	hiseihin
adessive		hisillä	hiseillä
ablative		hisiltä	hiseiltä
allative		hisille	hiseille
essive		hisinä	hiseinä
translative		hisiksi	hiseiksi
abessive		hisittä	hiseittä
instructive		—	hisein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

more ▼Possessive forms of his (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

more ▼first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hisini hisini accusative nom. hisini hisini gen. hisini genitive hisini hisieni partitive hisiäni hisejäni inessive hisissäni hiseissäni elative hisistäni hiseistäni illative hisiini hiseihini adessive hisilläni hiseilläni ablative hisiltäni hiseiltäni allative hisilleni hiseilleni essive hisinäni hiseinäni translative hisikseni hiseikseni abessive hisittäni hiseittäni instructive — — comitative — hiseineni more ▼second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hisisi hisisi accusative nom. hisisi hisisi gen. hisisi genitive hisisi hisiesi partitive hisiäsi hisejäsi inessive hisissäsi hiseissäsi elative hisistäsi hiseistäsi illative hisiisi hiseihisi adessive hisilläsi hiseilläsi ablative hisiltäsi hiseiltäsi allative hisillesi hiseillesi essive hisinäsi hiseinäsi translative hisiksesi hiseiksesi abessive hisittäsi hiseittäsi instructive — — comitative — hiseinesi more ▼first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hisimme hisimme accusative nom. hisimme hisimme gen. hisimme genitive hisimme hisiemme partitive hisiämme hisejämme inessive hisissämme hiseissämme elative hisistämme hiseistämme illative hisiimme hiseihimme adessive hisillämme hiseillämme ablative hisiltämme hiseiltämme allative hisillemme hiseillemme essive hisinämme hiseinämme translative hisiksemme hiseiksemme abessive hisittämme hiseittämme instructive — — comitative — hiseinemme more ▼second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hisinne hisinne accusative nom. hisinne hisinne gen. hisinne genitive hisinne hisienne partitive hisiänne hisejänne inessive hisissänne hiseissänne elative hisistänne hiseistänne illative hisiinne hiseihinne adessive hisillänne hiseillänne ablative hisiltänne hiseiltänne allative hisillenne hiseillenne essive hisinänne hiseinänne translative hisiksenne hiseiksenne abessive hisittänne hiseittänne instructive — — comitative — hiseinenne more ▼third-person possessor singular plural nominative hisinsä hisinsä accusative nom. hisinsä hisinsä gen. hisinsä genitive hisinsä hisiensä partitive hisiään hisiänsä hisejään hisejänsä inessive hisissään hisissänsä hiseissään hiseissänsä elative hisistään hisistänsä hiseistään hiseistänsä illative hisiinsä hiseihinsä adessive hisillään hisillänsä hiseillään hiseillänsä ablative hisiltään hisiltänsä hiseiltään hiseiltänsä allative hisilleen hisillensä hiseilleen hiseillensä essive hisinään hisinänsä hiseinään hiseinänsä translative hisikseen hisiksensä hiseikseen hiseiksensä abessive hisittään hisittänsä hiseittään hiseittänsä instructive — — comitative — hiseineen hiseinensä

Latin

Pronoun

hīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of hic

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”).

Alternative forms

• hys, hise, hyse, hiss, hisse, hyss, hysse, hijs, is, ys, isse, hes, hese, hesse, es, heis, heys, hus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

Determiner

his (nominative masculine pronoun he, nominative neuter pronoun hit)

2. Third-person singular masculine possessive determiner: his, of him.
3. Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: its, of it.
4. Used in place of the possessive suffix -es to denote possession by an antecedent noun. quotations ▼
   • 1470, Thomas Malory, Works:

     And Claudas his knyghts brake theire spearis

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: his
• Scots: his
• Yola: his, hys, hays

See also

show ▼Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

Pronoun

his (nominative he)

2. Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his.

Synonyms

• hisen

Descendants

• English: his

See also

show ▼Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

References

• “his, pron.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
• “his, pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• hys, hise, is, ys, hies, hes, es, as

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

Pronoun

his (nominative heo)

2. Third-person singular feminine genitive determiner: her, of her.

Synonyms

• hire

References

• “hir(e), pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.

Navajo

Alternative forms

• xis (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪ̀s/

Noun

his

1. pus

Inflection

show ▼Possessives of his

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shihis	nihihis	danihihis
2nd person	nihis	nihihis	danihihis
3rd person	bihis
4th person (3o)	yihis
4th person (3a)	hahis
Indefinite (3i)	ahis

Old English

Pronoun

his

1. genitive of hē: his
2. genitive of hit: its

Descendants

• Middle English: his
  • English: his
  • Scots: his
  • Yola: his, hys, hays

Scots

Determiner

his

1. his

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حس (hiss), from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss). Compare to Azerbaijani hiss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/

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Noun

his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

1. feeling, sensation, emotion synonym ▲

   Synonym: duygu

Declension

show ▼Declension of his

singular plural nominative his hisler definite accusative hissi hisleri dative hisse hislere locative histe hislerde ablative histen hislerden genitive hissin hislerin show ▼Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular hissim hislerim 2nd singular hissin hislerin 3rd singular hissi hisleri 1st plural hissimiz hislerimiz 2nd plural hissiniz hisleriniz 3rd plural hisleri hisleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular hissimi hislerimi 2nd singular hissini hislerini 3rd singular hissini hislerini 1st plural hissimizi hislerimizi 2nd plural hissinizi hislerinizi 3rd plural hislerini hislerini dative singular plural 1st singular hissime hislerime 2nd singular hissine hislerine 3rd singular hissine hislerine 1st plural hissimize hislerimize 2nd plural hissinize hislerinize 3rd plural hislerine hislerine locative singular plural 1st singular hissimde hislerimde 2nd singular hissinde hislerinde 3rd singular hissinde hislerinde 1st plural hissimizde hislerimizde 2nd plural hissinizde hislerinizde 3rd plural hislerinde hislerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular hissimden hislerimden 2nd singular hissinden hislerinden 3rd singular hissinden hislerinden 1st plural hissimizden hislerimizden 2nd plural hissinizden hislerinizden 3rd plural hislerinden hislerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular hissimin hislerimin 2nd singular hissinin hislerinin 3rd singular hissinin hislerinin 1st plural hissimizin hislerimizin 2nd plural hissinizin hislerinizin 3rd plural hislerinin hislerinin

Derived terms

• altıncı his (sixth sense)
• hisli
  • hislilik
• hissiz
  • hissizlik
• hissetmek
  • hissettirmek
• hislenmek
• hissî
• hissiyat

Related terms

• mütehassis
• tahassüs

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “his”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss).

Noun

his (plural hislar)

1. feeling

Declension

show ▼Declension of his

	singular	plural
nominative	his	hislar
genitive	hisning	hislarning
dative	hisga	hislarga
definite accusative	hisni	hislarni
locative	hisda	hislarda
ablative	hisdan	hislardan
similative	hisdek	hislardek

show ▼Possessive forms of his

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	hisim	hislarim
genitive	hisimning	hislarimning
dative	hisimga	hislarimga
definite accusative	hisimni	hislarimni
locative	hisimda	hislarimda
ablative	hisimdan	hislarimdan
similative	hisimdek	hislarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	hising	hislaring
genitive	hisingning	hislaringning
dative	hisingga	hislaringga
definite accusative	hisingni	hislaringni
locative	hisingda	hislaringda
ablative	hisingdan	hislaringdan
similative	hisingdek	hislaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	hisi	hislari
genitive	hisining	hislarining
dative	hisiga	hislariga
definite accusative	hisini	hislarini
locative	hisida	hislarida
ablative	hisidan	hislaridan
similative	hisidek	hislaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	hisimiz	hislarimiz
genitive	hisimizning	hislarimizning
dative	hisimizga	hislarimizga
definite accusative	hisimizni	hislarimizni
locative	hisimizda	hislarimizda
ablative	hisimizdan	hislarimizdan
similative	hisimizdek	hislarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	hisingiz	hislaringiz
genitive	hisingizning	hislaringizning
dative	hisingizga	hislaringizga
definite accusative	hisingizni	hislaringizni
locative	hisingizda	hislaringizda
ablative	hisingizdan	hislaringizdan
similative	hisingizdek	hislaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	hisi	hislari
genitive	hisining	hislarining
dative	hisiga	hislariga
definite accusative	hisini	hislarini
locative	hisida	hislarida
ablative	hisidan	hislaridan
similative	hisidek	hislaridek

Derived terms

• hissi

Welsh

Preposition

his

1. h-prothesized form of is

Mutation

Mutated forms of is

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
is	unchanged	unchanged	his

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yola

Alternative forms

• hys, hays

Etymology

From Middle English his, from Old English his, from Proto-West Germanic *his.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪz/, /heːz/

Determiner

his

1. his quotations ▼
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:

     An a priesth o' parieshe on his lhaung-tyel garraane.

     And the priest of the parish on his long tail pony.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     An a priesth o parieshe on his garrane baun,

     The priest of the parish on his white pony,

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     Hea marreet dear Phielim to his sweet Jauane.

     He married dear Phelim to his sweet Joan.

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Ingsaury neileare (pidh?) his niz outh o' harr.

     J——N—— put his nose out of socket.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     Lhaung life to Misteare Reedforth an his vamilee,

     Long life to Mister Radford and his family;

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94