From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.
هِيَ • (hiya) f, enclitic form ـهَا (-hā)
| Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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). | ||||
هي • (hī) f
هي • (híyya) f
| Egyptian Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||
هي • (hiyya) f, enclitic form ـهَا (-ha).
| Hijazi Arabic personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| 1st person | أَنَا (ʔana) | إِحْنَا (ʔiḥna) / نِحْنَ (niḥna) | |
| 2nd person | m | إِنْتَ (ʔinta) | إِنْتُو (ʔintu) |
| f | إِنْتِ (ʔinti) / إِنْتِي (ʔinti) | ||
| 3rd person | m | هُوَّ (huwwa) | هُمَّ (humma) |
| f | هِيَّ (hiyya) | ||
هي • (hiyya) f
| Moroccan Arabic personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
هي • (hiyye) f
| North Levantine Arabic personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
From the form هَيِّي (hayye, hayyi) attested in Damascene (compare the development of شويّ (šwayy) and ميّ (ṃayy)), which may be an irregular lenition of an earlier form *هَيْذِي (hayḏe, hayḏi). In the Lebanese form هيدي (hayde, haydi), the ذ (ḏ) of *هيذي regularly evolved into د (d) instead of leniting.
هي • (hayy) f
هي • (hayy) f
هي • (hiyye) f (enclitic form ـها (-ha))
| South Levantine Arabic personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
هيّ • (hayy)
| Inflected forms of هي | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | هيّ (hayy) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | هيّني (hayyni) | هيّنا (hayyna) | |||
| 2nd person | هيّك (hayyak) | هيّك (hayyek) | هيّكم (hayykom) | ||
| 3rd person | هيّه (hayyo) | هيّها (hayyha) | هيّهم (hayyhom) | ||
هي (hiyya) f