his
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English his (“his, its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he.
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his possessive pronoun
- (attributive) Belonging to him.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
- 2011, Xan Rice, The Guardian, 8 Apr 2011:
- In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.2:
- My stomacke could not well reach so farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his need.
- 1611, Matthew 5:13, King James Version:
- Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.2:
- (archaic) Used erroneously in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in s, to express the possessive case.
- Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
[edit] Usage notes
- When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective, qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.
[edit] Translations
attributive: belonging to him
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English personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive | Possessive Pronoun |
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| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my | mine |
| Second | — | you, thou (archaic) |
you, thee (archaic) |
yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic) |
your, thy (archaic) |
yours, thine (archaic) |
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| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself | his | ||
| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers | ||
| Neuter | it | itself | its | its (rare) | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours | |
| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs | |
| Indefinite | Third | — | one | oneself | one's | — | |
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his possessive pronoun
- That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
- The decision was his to live with.
[edit] Translations
that which belongs to him
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his n.
- genitive singular indefinite of hi
[edit] Latin
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hīs
- dative masculine plural of hic
- dative feminine plural of hic
- dative neuter plural of hic
- ablative masculine plural of hic
- ablative feminine plural of hic
- ablative neuter plural of hic
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- xis (in older Americanist literature)
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- IPA: [xɪ̀s]
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his
[edit] Turkish
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- IPA: [his]
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his
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declension of his
possessive forms of his
| nominative | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | hissim | hislerim |
| senin (your) | hissin | hislerin |
| onun (his/her/its) | hissi | hisleri |
| bizim (our) | hissimiz | hislerimiz |
| sizin (your) | hissiniz | hisleriniz |
| onların (their) | hisleri | hisleri |
| accusative | singular | plural |
| benim (my) | hissimi | hislerimi |
| senin (your) | hissini | hislerini |
| onun (his/her/its) | hissini | hislerini |
| bizim (our) | hissimizi | hislerimizi |
| sizin (your) | hissinizi | hislerinizi |
| onların (their) | hislerini | hislerini |
| dative | singular | plural |
| benim (my) | hissime | hislerime |
| senin (your) | hissine | hislerine |
| onun (his/her/its) | hissine | hislerine |
| bizim (our) | hissimize | hislerimize |
| sizin (your) | hissinize | hislerinize |
| onların (their) | hislerine | hislerine |
| locative | singular | plural |
| benim (my) | hissimde | hislerimde |
| senin (your) | hissinde | hislerinde |
| onun (his/her/its) | hissinde | hislerinde |
| bizim (our) | hissimizde | hislerimizde |
| sizin (your) | hissinizde | hislerinizde |
| onların (their) | hislerinde | hislerinde |
| ablative | singular | plural |
| benim (my) | hissimden | hislerimden |
| senin (your) | hissinden | hislerinden |
| onun (his/her/its) | hissinden | hislerinden |
| bizim (our) | hissimizden | hislerimizden |
| sizin (your) | hissinizden | hislerinizden |
| onların (their) | hislerinden | hislerinden |
| genitive | singular | plural |
| benim (my) | hissimin | hislerimin |
| senin (your) | hissinin | hislerinin |
| onun (his/her/its) | hissinin | hislerinin |
| bizim (our) | hissimizin | hislerimizin |
| sizin (your) | hissinizin | hislerinizin |
| onların (their) | hislerinin | hislerinin |
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