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Danish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hine
- plural of hin
Irish
Etymology
From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).
Noun
hine f (genitive singular hine)
- henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye; color)
Declension
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
hine
- Rōmaji transcription of ひね
Middle Dutch
Contraction
hine
- Contraction of hi ne.
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English hine. Originally an accusative form; gradually displaced by dative him.
Pronoun
hine (nominative he)
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object: him.
- (reflexive) himself.
- Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object: it.
- (impersonal) Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object one, you.
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
nominative
|
accusative
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dative
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genitive
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possessive
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singular
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1st-person
|
I, ich, ik
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me |
min mi1 |
min
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2nd-person
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þou
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þe |
þin þi1 |
þin
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3rd-person
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m
|
he |
him hine2 |
him |
his |
his hisen
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f
|
sche, heo |
hire heo
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hire |
hire hires, hiren
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n
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hit |
hit him2 |
his, hit |
—
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dual3
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1st-person
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wit
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unk
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unker
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2nd-person
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ȝit
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inc
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inker
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plural
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1st-person
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we
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us, ous |
oure |
oure oures, ouren
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2nd-person4
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ye
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yow |
your |
your youres, youren
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3rd-person
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inh.
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he |
hem he2 |
hem |
here |
here heres, heren
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bor.
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þei
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þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir þeires, þeiren
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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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Determiner
hine pl (masculine hin, feminine hi, neuter hitt)
- plural of hin
Old English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hine
- accusative of hē: him
Descendants