هي

See also: ہی

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi.ja/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

هِيَ • (hiya) f, enclitic form ـهَا (-hā)

1. she (subject pronoun).

   هِيَ طَبِيبَةٌ ― hiya ṭabībatun ― She is a doctor

2. it (subject pronoun, referring to animals and inanimate nouns of feminine gender)

   سَاحِلُ العَاجِ هِيَ دَوْلَةٌ تَقَعُ غَرْبَ أَفْرِيقْيَا

   sāḥilu l-ʕāji hiya dawlatun taqaʕu ḡarba ʔafrīqyā

   Cote d'Ivoire is a country that is located in West Africa

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:16:

     وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

     wa-nšaqqati s-samāʔu fa-hiya yawmaʔiḏin wāhiyatun

     The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 79:41:

     فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى

     fa-ʔinna l-jannata hiya al-maʔwā

     Paradise will certainly be [their] home.

3. they (subject pronoun, non-human).
   • 2019 May 4, “ما هي القضايا التي ناقشها ترامب وبوتين في مكالمتهما؟”, in BBC Arabic‎^[1]:

Descendants

• Chadian Arabic: هي (hī)
• Egyptian Arabic: هي (híyya)
• Gulf Arabic: اِهْيَ (ehya)
• Hijazi Arabic: هِيَّ (hiyya)
• Maltese: hija, hi
• Moroccan Arabic: هي (hiyya)
• Tunisian Arabic: هي (hiyya)

See also

Arabic personal pronouns

Isolated nominative1 pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum), أَنْتُمُ (ʔantumu)2
	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), إِيَّاكُمُ (ʔiyyākumu)2
	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum), إِيَّاهُمُ (ʔiyyāhumu)2
	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), ـكُمُ (-kumu)2
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)4	ـهُم (-hum), ـهُمُ (-humu)2, ـهِم (-him)4, ـهِمِ (-himi)2,4
	f	ـهَا (-hā)		ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)4

1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula.
2. ـمْ (-m) becomes ـمُ (-mu) (or ـمِ (-mi) with vowel harmony) before the so-called elidable hamza (such as 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. Vowel harmony: ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “هي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronoun

هي • (hī) f

1. she (subject pronoun)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhijjæ/

Pronoun

هي • (híyya) f

1. she (subject pronoun)

See also

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)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hij.ja/

Pronoun

هي • (hiyya) f, enclitic form ـهَا (-ha).

1. she (subject pronoun)
2. it (subject pronoun, referring to animals and inanimate nouns of feminine gender)

See also

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)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hij.ja/

Pronoun

هي • (hiyya) f

1. she (subject pronoun)

See also

Moroccan Arabic personal pronouns

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)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronoun

هي • (hiyye) f

1. she (subject pronoun)

   Enclitic form: ـها (-(h/w/y)a)

See also

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)

Etymology 2

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.

Pronoun

هي • (hayy) f

1. (Syria) feminine of هاد (hād): this

   Synonym: (Lebanon) هيدي (haydi)

Determiner

هي • (hayy) f

1. (Syria) feminine of هاد (hād): this

   Synonyms: (Lebanon) هيدي (haydi), (before the definite article) هـ (ha-)

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एष (eṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hi]

Pronoun

هِي • (hī) (Devanagari ही)

1. he, this; masculine third-person singular proximal personal pronoun
2. they, these; third-person plural proximal personal pronoun

Related terms

Sindhi personal pronouns

person					direct	oblique	genitive	dative
1st person	Singular				آئون (āū̃), مان (mā̃) • आउं, मां	مون (mū̃) • मूं	منهنجو (mũhinjo) • मुंहिंजो	مون کي (mū̃ khē) • मूं खे
	Plural				اسين (asī̃) • असीं	اسان (asā̃) • असां	اسان جو (asā̃ jo) • असां जो	اسان کي (asā̃ khe) • असां खे
2nd person	Singular				تون (tū̃) • तूं	تو (to) • तो	تنهنجو (tũhinjo) • तुंहिंजो	تو کي (to khe) • तो खे
	Plural				توهين (tavhī̃), اوهين (avhī̃) • तव्हीं, अव्हीं	توهان (tavhā̃), اوهان (avhā̃) • तव्हां, अव्हां	توهان جو (tavhā̃ jo) • तव्हां जो	توهان کي (tavhā̃ khe) • तव्हां खे
3rd person	Nonspecific	Proximal	Singular	Masculine	هي (hī) • ही	هن (hina) • हिन	هن جو (hina jo) • हिन जो	هن کي (hina khe) • हिन खे
				Feminine	هيء (hīa) • हीअ
			Plural		هي (hī) • ही	هنن (hinani) • हिननि	هنن جو (hinani jo) • हिननि जो	هنن کي (hinani khe) • हिननि खे
		Distal	Singular	Masculine	هو (hū) • हू	هن (huna) • हुन	هن جو (huna jo) • हुन जो	هن کي (huna khe) • हुन खे
				Feminine	هوء (hūa) • हूअ
			Plural		هو (hū) • हू	هنن (hunani) • हुननि	هنن جو (hunani jo) • हुननि जो	هنن کي (hunani khe) • हुननि खे
	Specific	Proximal	Singular	Masculine	اهو (iho) • इहो	انهين (inhẽ) • इन्हें	انهين جو (inhẽ jo) • इन्हें जो	انهين کي (inhẽ khe) • इन्हें खे
				Feminine	اها (ihā) • इहा
			Plural		اهي (ihe) • इहे	انهن (inhani) • इन्हनि	انهن جو (inhani jo) • इन्हनि जो	انهن کي (inhani khe) • इन्हनि खे
		Distal	Singular	Masculine	اهو (uho) • उहो	انهين (unhẽ) • उन्हें	انهين جو (unhẽ jo) • उन्हें जो	انهين کي (unhẽ khe) • उन्हें खे
				Feminine	اها (uhā) • उहा
			Plural		اهي (uhe) • उहे	انهن (unhani) • उन्हनि	انهن جو (unhani jo) • उन्हनि जो	انهن کي (unhani khe) • उन्हनि खे

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “هِي”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “هيِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ēṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hij.je/, [ˈhij.je]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

  (file)

Pronoun

هي • (hiyye) f (enclitic form ـها (-ha))

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

See also

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)

Etymology 2

Determiner

هيّ • (hayy)

1. this here

   هيّ الكتاب اللي سألتني عنّه.

   hayy li-ktāb illi saʔalt-ni ʕanno

   This here is the book you asked me about.

2. (by extension) used to stress the current nature of an action

   هيّني جاي من البنك. ― hayy-ni jāy min il-bank ― I'm coming right now from the bank.

   هيّ فيه واحد طالع من ورا الشجرة.

   hayy fīh wāḥad ṭāleʕ min wara š-šajara

   There's someone coming out right now from behind the tree.

Inflection

Inflection 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)

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hij.ja/

Pronoun

هي (hiyya) f

1. she (subject pronoun)