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English

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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

Pronunciation

Determiner

his

  1. Belonging to him.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: A 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.)
    • 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe ‎, 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 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.
    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
Translations

Pronoun

his

  1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
    The decision was his to live with.
  2. Alternative spelling of His
Translations

See also

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, formal you you yourself
yoursen		 yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic, 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
genderless they them themself, themselves theirs their
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem, 'em		 themselves
theirsen		 theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

Etymology 2

Noun

his

  1. plural of hi
    • 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

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic һис
Abjad هيس

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

his (definite accusative hisi, plural hislər)

  1. soot, (black) smoke, fume
    Synonym: qurum

Declension

    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
    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

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

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

Pronoun

his (nominative he)

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

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

his (nominative heo)

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

References

Navajo

Alternative forms

  • xis (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation

Noun

his

  1. pus

Inflection

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

Scots

Determiner

his

  1. his

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

  1. feeling, sensation, emotion
    Synonym: duygu

Declension

Inflection
Nominative his
Definite accusative hissi
Singular Plural
Nominative his hisler
Definite accusative hissi hisleri
Dative hisse hislere
Locative histe hislerde
Ablative histen hislerden
Genitive hissin hislerin
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

Related terms

References

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss).

Noun

his (plural hislar)

  1. feeling

Declension

Declension of his
singular plural
nominative his hislar
genitive hisning hislarning
dative hisga hislarga
definite accusative hisni hislarni
locative hisda hislarda
ablative hisdan hislardan
Possessive forms of his
my singular plural
nominative hisim hislarim
genitive hisimning hislarimning
dative hisimga hislarimga
definite accusative hisimni hislarimni
locative hisimda hislarimda
ablative hisimdan hislarimdan
your singular plural
nominative hising hislaring
genitive hisingning hislaringning
dative hisingga hislaringga
definite accusative hisingni hislaringni
locative hisingda hislaringda
ablative hisingdan hislaringdan
her/his/its singular plural
nominative hisi hislari
genitive hisining hislarining
dative hisiga hislariga
definite accusative hisini hislarini
locative hisida hislarida
ablative hisidan hislaridan
our singular plural
nominative hisimiz hislarimiz
genitive hisimizning hislarimizning
dative hisimizga hislarimizga
definite accusative hisimizni hislarimizni
locative hisimizda hislarimizda
ablative hisimizdan hislarimizdan
your singular plural
nominative hisingiz hislaringiz
genitive hisingizning hislaringizning
dative hisingizga hislaringizga
definite accusative hisingizni hislaringizni
locative hisingizda hislaringizda
ablative hisingizdan hislaringizdan
their singular plural
nominative hisi hislari
genitive hisining hislarining
dative hisiga hislariga
definite accusative hisini hislarini
locative hisida hislarida
ablative hisidan hislaridan

Derived terms

Welsh

Preposition

his

  1. h-prothesized form of is

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
is unchanged unchanged his
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

his

  1. his
    • 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
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