hie

English

Etymology

From Old English hīġian. Cognate with Dutch hijgen (“to pant”), German heichen (“to choke, gasp for breath”), Danish hige (“to aspire, long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: hi, high

Verb

hie (third-person singular simple present hies, present participle hying or hieing, simple past and past participle hied)

1. (intransitive) To hasten; to go quickly, to hurry.
2. (reflexive) To hurry (oneself).

Translations

to go in haste

• Finnish: kiirehtiä (fi), kiiruhtaa (fi)
• French: se hâter (fr), se dépêcher (fr)
• German: eilen (de)

• Italian: affrettarsi (it)
• Russian: спешить (ru) (spešitʹ), торопиться (ru) (toropitʹsja)
• Spanish: apresurarse (es), darse prisa (es)

to hurry (oneself)

Noun

hie (plural hies)

1. Haste; diligence.

Translations

haste

• Finnish: kiire (fi)
• French: hâte (fr), précipitation (fr)
• Italian: fretta (it)

• Russian: спешка (ru) (speška) f
• Spanish: prisa (es)

References

• “hie” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *hi(i)a̅, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeh1-ieh2- 'shade, shadow'. Cognate to Ancient Greek σκιά (“shade, shadow”), Tocharian B skio (“shade, shadow”).

Noun

hie f

1. shade, shadow

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Finnish

Etymology

hioa (“to grind, sand, polish”) >

Noun

hie

1. microsection (extremely thin slice of stone, metal or other hard material prepared for microscopic inspection)
2. (rare) the quality of grinding, degree of sharpness

   Kirveen terä on hyvässä hieessä.

   The blade of the ax is well ground. (i.e. sharp)

Declension

Declension of hie (type hame) singular plural nominative hie hieet genitive hieen hieiden hieitten partitive hiettä hieitä accusative hie hieen hieet inessive hieessä hieissä elative hieestä hieistä illative hieeseen hieisiin hieihin adessive hieellä hieillä ablative hieeltä hieiltä allative hieelle hieille essive hieenä hieinä translative hieeksi hieiksi instructive – hiein abessive hieettä hieittä comitative – hieineen

Synonyms

• (degree of sharpness): terä

Anagrams

• hei

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French

Etymology

From Dutch.

Noun

hie f (plural hies)

1. stamping/ramming rod

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

hie

1. he

Descendants

• Dutch: hij

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Old English

Alternative forms

• hī, hiġ

Etymology

Reflecting an earlier regularised form *hijai, from Proto-Germanic *hīz (“these, these ones”), masculine plural of *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European *k'e-, *k'ey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Old Frisian hia (“they”), Old Saxon im (“them”), Old Saxon iro (“their”). More at hē.

Pronoun

hīe (accusative hīe, genitive hiera, dative heom)

1. they

Descendants

• English: 'em