hh

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word hh. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word hh, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say hh in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word hh you have here. The definition of the word hh will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhh, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hh"

English

Noun

hh pl (plural only)

  1. Abbreviation of hands (one hand being four inches).
    • 2007, Lesley Bayley, The Photographic Guide to Schooling Your Horse, David & Charles, →ISBN, page 127:
      For a 15.2hh–16.2hh horse the average stride length is 3.6m (12ft).

Interjection

hh

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, uncommon) Synonym of hhh (“a sigh; laughter”).

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /χ/

Letter

hh (upper case Hh)

  1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Egyptian

FWOTD – 19 December 2020

Pronunciation

Noun

h
h		 Q7

 m

  1. rush of hot air
    1. blast from a fire
    2. hot or burning breath, particularly of supernatural beings
      • c. 2353 BCE – 2323 BCE, Pyramid Texts of Unas — west wall of the antechamber, line 18–19, spell 255.2–255.4:
        iD46AAxx t
        N18
        n        		 G5O48G7nsrQ7n
        h h        		 Q7sr
        T
        n        		 ]]HAwkAArO18
        x
        f        		 x&f&t mwhhQ7sr
        T
        n        		 U39wzwwrr
        t
        jd ꜣḫt n ḥr-nḫn(j) nsr n(j) hh ḥꜣ(j)w kꜣr ḫfḫft hh.s r.ṯn wṯzw wrt
        The place of sunrise will be censed for Horus of Nekhen. The flame of fiery breath , you who are around the shrine! The gush of his fiery breath is against you, you who carry the great one!
      • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Coffin Texts, version S1P (outer coffin of Nakhti, Louvre E 11981) spell 148, lines 121–122:
        nw
        k        		 A1G5A40mssnF51
        t        		 B1iriimD38
        k        		 t
        D40        		 N33A
        f        		 mXn
        nw pr        		 swHt
        H8
        D35AdwI3iA1h
        h        		 Q7n
        r Z1        		 T
        n        		 D35
        p        		 HpHD54
        n        		 wiA1D&d tT
        n        		 riA1
        jnk ḥr ms.n ꜣst jry mkt.f m ẖnw swḥt nj ꜣd wj hh n(j) r(ꜣ).ṯn nj pḥ.n wj ḏdt.ṯn r.j
        I am Horus, born of Isis, whose protection was made within the egg: the fiery breath of your mouths will not rage against me, and what you may say against me cannot reach me.
    3. steam from freshly baked bread
  2. (figuratively) heat from the sun
  3. (figuratively) fever or hot breath as a symptom of disease

Inflection

Declension of hh (masculine)
singular hh
dual hhwj
plural hhw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hh  
h
h		 yQ7
hAhAQ7
hhj hꜣhꜣ
in hieratic

References

  1. ^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume III, Providence: Brown University, PT 255.2–255.4 (Pyr. 295b–295d), W
  2. ^ de Buck, Adriaan (1954) The Egyptian Coffin Texts, volume II, page 225 b–e

Esperanto

Letter

hh

  1. A digraph used in the h-sistemo to represent ĥ.

See also

Hadza

Pronunciation

Letter

hh

  1. A letter of the practical Hadza alphabet, used in interjections only.

Xhosa

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

hh (upper case Hh)

  1. A digraph in Xhosa orthography.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia