heo

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See also: Heo, HEO, héo, and hèo

Irish

Noun

heo

  1. h-prothesized form of eo

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēo, hīe. Probably a doublet of sche; see that entry for more.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

heo (accusative his, heo, genitive hire, possessive determiner hires)

  2. Third-person singular feminine nominative pronoun: she
  3. Third-person singular feminine accusative pronoun: her
  4. It; used also of inanimate objects
See also
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

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual 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.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

Etymology 2

Pronoun

heo

  1. Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

heo

  1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hēo f (accusative hīe, genitive hire, dative hire)

  1. she
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 20:15
      Hēo wēnde þæt hit sē wyrtweard wǣre.
      She thought it was the gardener.
    • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
      Þā hēo þis ġehīerde, þā smearcode hēo wiþ his weardes.
      When she heard this, she smiled in his direction.
  2. it (when the thing being referred to is feminine)
    • early 8th century, Beowulf, line 455
      Gǣþ ā wyrd swā hēo sċeal.
      Fate goes always as it must.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
      Sē Dēofol wearp ānne stān tō þǣre bellan þæt hēo eall tōsprang.
      The Devil threw a rock at the bell so it broke into pieces.
    • The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
      Sēo sunne biþ swā rēad on ǣfen for þon þe hēo lōcaþ ufan on helle.
      The sun is so red in the evening because it looks down on hell.

Declension

Old English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive
singular first person iċ mē, mec mē mīn
second person þū þē, þec þē þīn
third person neuter hit him his
masculine hē hine
feminine hēo hīe hire
dual first person wit unc, uncit unc uncer
second person ġit inc, incit inc incer
plural first person wē ūs, ūsiċ ūs ūre, ūser
second person ġē ēow, ēowiċ ēow ēower
third person hīe him heora

Descendants

  • Middle English: ȝho, hyo, hye, scho, hoo, sche

Sikaiana

Noun

heo

  1. coral stone

Vietnamese

See also: héo, hèo, hẻo, and hẹo
Heo

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 豪 (SV: hào) "porcupine (obsolete)" > "pig"?”

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) heo • (㺧)

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Synonyms

  • (pig): lợn (northern Vietnam); cúi (archaic)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

heo

  1. (card games) a two

See also

Playing cards in Vietnamese · bài tây (layout · text)
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tám chín mười bồi đầm già phăng teo
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