hine

See also: Hine, ĥine, and hiñe

Irish

Etymology

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Noun

hine f (genitive singular hine)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye; color)

Declension

Declension of hine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative hine Vocative a hine Genitive hine Dative hine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an hine Genitive na hine Dative leis an hine don hine

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Middle Dutch

Contraction

hine

1. Contraction of hi ne.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hyne, ine, in, hin, hyn

Etymology

From Old English hin. Originally an accusative form; gradually displaced by dative him.

Pronoun

hine (nominative he)

1. Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object: him.
2. (reflexive) himself.
3. Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object: it.
4. (impersonal) Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object one, you.

See also

• him

References

• “hine, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hiːnə/

Pronoun

hine

1. plural of hin

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Old English

Alternative forms

• hyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhine/

Pronoun

hine

1. accusative of hē: him