From Proto-Semitic *šuʔa.
هُوَ • (huwa) m (genitive ـهُ (-hu) or ـهِ (-hi), accusative ـهُ (-hu) or ـهِ (-hi) or إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu))
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Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
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Isolated nominative1 pronouns | ||||
singular | dual | plural | ||
1st person | أَنَا (ʔanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | ||
2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʔanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā) | أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum) |
f | أَنْتِ (ʔanti) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna) | ||
3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā) | هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)2 |
f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُنَّ (hunna) | ||
Isolated accusative pronouns | ||||
singular | dual | plural | ||
1st person | إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya) | إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) | ||
2nd person | m | إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum) |
f | إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki) | إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna) | ||
3rd person | m | إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum) |
f | إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā) | إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna) | ||
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns | ||||
singular | dual | plural | ||
1st person | ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)3 | ـنَا (-nā) | ||
2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) | ||
3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4 | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)3 | ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)4 |
f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)3 | ||
1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw). |
From هُوَ (huwa, “it”), calqued from German Es, possibly through Latin id.
هُوَ • (huwa) m
From Old Persian 𐏃𐎠𐎢𐎺 (hauv), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *só (“name”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀 (ha).
هو (ho)
هو • (hū) m
هو • (húwwa) m
Egyptian Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
1st person | أنا (ʔana) | إحنا (ʔiḥna) | ||
2nd person | m | إنت (ʔinta) | إنتوا (ʔintu) | |
f | إنتي (ʔinti) | |||
3rd person | m | هو (huwwa) | هم (humma, hum) | |
f | هي (hiyya) |
هو • (huwwa) m, enclitic form ـه (-u).
هَو (həv) (definite accusative هَوی, plural هَولَر)
هو • (huwwa) m
Moroccan Arabic personal pronouns | |||
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Singular | Plural | ||
1st person | آنا (ʔāna), أنا (ʔana) | حنا (ḥnā) | |
2nd person | m | انت (ntā), انتينا (ntīna), انتين (ntīn) | انتوما (ntūma), انتوم (ntūm) |
f | انت (ntī), انتينا (ntīna), انتين (ntīn) | ||
3rd person | m | هو (huwwa) | هوما (hūma), هوم (hūm) |
f | هي (hiyya) |
هو • (huwwe) m
North Levantine Arabic personal pronouns | |||
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Singular | Plural | ||
1st person | أنا (ʔana) | نحنا (niḥna) | |
2nd person | m | انت (ʔinta, ʔinte) | انتو (ʔintu) |
f | انتي (ʔinti) | ||
3rd person | m | هو (huwwe) | هن (hinne) / هنن (hinnen) |
f | هي (hiyye) |
هو • (ho)
Probably dialectal variant of هبر (habar, “pus”), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap-; cognate with English sap. Compare Central Kurdish ھەو (hew, “pus, inflammation”).
هو • (how)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Akin to Mehri (hû), Shehri (he).
هو (ho)
هو • (huwwe) m (enclitic form ـه (-o, -h))
South Levantine Arabic personal pronouns | |||
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Singular | Plural | ||
1st person | أنا (ʔana) | احنا (ʔiḥna) | |
2nd person | m | انت (ʔinta) | انتو (ʔintu) |
f | انتي (ʔinti) | ||
3rd person | m | هو (huwwe) | هم (homme) |
f | هي (hiyye) |
هُوَّ (huwwa) m (f هي, pl هما)