hi

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See also HI, hí, and ні

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

American English (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hy, hey (circa 1475) also an exclamation to call attention.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

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hi

  1. A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.
    Hi, how are you?
    I just dropped by to say “hi”.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (friendly informal greeting): hello

Translations[edit]

friendly, informal greeting

Adjective[edit]

hi

  1. Informal spelling of high, often hyphenated.
    Get hi-quality videos here!
    Next, set the burner to hi.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

hi (no attested plural)

  1. "Hi" or similar greeting.

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Tosk form of Gheg hî (pl. hin), from Proto-Albanian *skina, from *skines, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenHis (compare Latin cinis ‘dust; cinder’, Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis) ‘ashes; dust’).

Noun[edit]

hi m (-ri)

  1. ashes

Basque[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. you (singular, familiar)

Breton[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. she

Catalan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • hey (dialectal)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Catalan y, i, hic, from Latin ibi 'there'.

Pronoun[edit]

hi (enclitic and proclitic)

  1. represents a place associated with the action described by the verb, unless the place would be introduced by the preposition de
  2. there (in constructions such as "there is", "there are", etc.: see haver-hi)
  3. replaces an adverb (or adverbial phrase) describing the manner, instrument or association of an action
  4. replaces a phrase introduced by any preposition except de (most commonly a or en)
  5. replaces an indefinite noun or an adjective which is the predicate of a verb other than ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
  6. (Central Catalan) in combination with other object pronouns, the third person singular indirect object pronoun ("to him", "to her", "to it")

Usage notes[edit]

  • When more than one object pronoun is associated with a given verb, hi is alway the last in the group.
  • Hi and ho cannot be used together with the same verb, nor can two his be used together.
  • It is sometimes stated that hi is never used to replace a compliment beginning with de. This is not completely accurate, as hi can replace adverbial phrases such as de pressa, de sobte, etc.

Declension[edit]

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’3 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal1 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. she (third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Norwegian hi, from Old Norse hið.

Noun[edit]

hi n (singular definite hiet, plural indefinite hier)

  1. hibernation
Inflection[edit]
    Inflection of hi
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative hi hiet hier hierne
genitive his hiets hiers hiernes
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.

Interjection[edit]

hi

  1. ha (representation of laughter)

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

hi

  1. See ひ
  2. See ヒ

Latin[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hī

  1. nominative masculine plural of hic

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic هي (hiya)

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. she

Inflection[edit]

inflected forms of hi
positive hija, hi
negative mhijiex, mhix
possessive pronoun tagħha
basic suffix -ha
direct object suffix -ha
indirect object suffix -lha

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch hīe, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi m

  1. he

Declension[edit]

Middle Dutch personal pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
masc. fem. neut.
nominative ic du hi si het wi gi si
accusative mi di hem, hen haer ons u hem, hen
dative hem, hen
genitive mijn dijn sijn haer sijn onse uwe haer


Descendants[edit]

North Frisian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. he

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. feminine form of hin

Old Frisian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. he

Old Irish[edit]

Preposition[edit]

hi

  1. Alternative form of i.
    • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 7d10
      Corrop inonn cretem bes hi far cridiu ⁊ a n-as·beraid hó bélib.
      So that the belief which is in your heart and what ye utter with your lips may be the same.

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *íh₂.

Pronoun[edit]

hi

  1. she, her
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