hie

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.4 Noun 1.5 References 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English hīġian. Cognate with Middle Dutch higen, Middle Low German hichen, German heichen (“‘to choke, gasp for breath’”), Danish hige (“‘to aspire, long’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Verb

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

1. To hasten; to go in haste; — also often with the reciprocal pronoun.

[edit] Noun

hie (plural hies)

1. Haste; diligence.

[edit] References

• “hie” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

hie

1. microsection

[edit] 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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch.

[edit] Noun

hie

1. stamping/ramming rod