his

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

his

  1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
    • 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.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
      No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
    • 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.
  2. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
    • (Can we date this quote by David Hume and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
      On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]
  3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]
  4. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. [from 11th c.]
    Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
    Sejanus his Fall
Usage notes[edit]
  • 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.
  • (fourth sense) See Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg His genitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations[edit]
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English personal pronouns
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular I
me (colloquial)		 me myself
me
mysen		 mine my
mine (before vowels, archaic)
me
plural we us ourselves
ourself
oursen		 ours our
second person singular standard, formal you you yourself
yoursen		 yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic, informal thou thee thyself
theeself
thysen		 thine thy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
colloquial you all
y'all		 you all
y'all		 –
y'all's		 your all's (nonstandard)
y'all's
informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person singular masculine he him himself
hisself (archaic)
hissen		 his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		 his
feminine she her herself
hersen		 hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		 her
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itself
hitself		 its
his (archaic)		 its
his (archaic)
hits
genderless, nonstandard they them themself, themselves theirs their
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem, 'em		 themselves
theirsen		 theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

Pronoun[edit]

his

  1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
    The decision was his to live with.
  2. Alternative spelling of His
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

his

  1. plural of hi
    • 2009, John M. Carney, Welcome to Tranquility:
      The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.

Anagrams[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic һис
Roman his
Perso-Arabic حیس‎

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ïjs (“smell, odour”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑс (jăs)

Noun[edit]

his (definite accusative hisi, plural hislər)

  1. soot, (black) smoke, fume
    Synonym: qurum

Declension[edit]

Declension of his
singular plural
nominative his
 hislər
definite accusative hisi
 hisləri
dative hisə
 hislərə
locative hisdə
 hislərdə
ablative hisdən
 hislərdən
definite genitive hisin
 hislərin
Possessive forms of his
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) hisim hislərim
sənin (“your”) hisin hislərin
onun (“his/her/its”) hisi hisləri
bizim (“our”) hisimiz hislərimiz
sizin (“your”) hisiniz hisləriniz
onların (“their”) hisi or hisləri hisləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) hisimi hislərimi
sənin (“your”) hisini hislərini
onun (“his/her/its”) hisini hislərini
bizim (“our”) hisimizi hislərimizi
sizin (“your”) hisinizi hislərinizi
onların (“their”) hisini or hislərini hislərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) hisimə hislərimə
sənin (“your”) hisinə hislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) hisinə hislərinə
bizim (“our”) hisimizə hislərimizə
sizin (“your”) hisinizə hislərinizə
onların (“their”) hisinə or hislərinə hislərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) hisimdə hislərimdə
sənin (“your”) hisində hislərində
onun (“his/her/its”) hisində hislərində
bizim (“our”) hisimizdə hislərimizdə
sizin (“your”) hisinizdə hislərinizdə
onların (“their”) hisində or hislərində hislərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) hisimdən hislərimdən
sənin (“your”) hisindən hislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) hisindən hislərindən
bizim (“our”) hisimizdən hislərimizdən
sizin (“your”) hisinizdən hislərinizdən
onların (“their”) hisindən or hislərindən hislərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) hisimin hislərimin
sənin (“your”) hisinin hislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) hisinin hislərinin
bizim (“our”) hisimizin hislərimizin
sizin (“your”) hisinizin hislərinizin
onların (“their”) hisinin or hislərinin hislərinin

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

his n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of hi

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhis/, [ˈhis̠]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: his

Noun[edit]

his

  1. (music) B-sharp

Usage notes[edit]

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension[edit]

Inflection of his (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative his hisit
genitive hisin hisien
partitive hisiä hisejä
illative hisiin hiseihin
singular plural
nominative his hisit
accusative nom. his hisit
gen. hisin
genitive hisin hisien
partitive hisiä hisejä
inessive hisissä hiseissä
elative hisistä hiseistä
illative hisiin hiseihin
adessive hisillä hiseillä
ablative hisiltä hiseiltä
allative hisille hiseille
essive hisinä hiseinä
translative hisiksi hiseiksi
instructive — hisein
abessive hisittä hiseittä
comitative — hiseineen
Possessive forms of his (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person hisini hisimme
2nd person hisisi hisinne
3rd person hisinsä

Latin[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hīs

  1. dative masculine plural of hic
  2. dative feminine plural of hic
  3. dative neuter plural of hic
  4. ablative masculine plural of hic
  5. ablative feminine plural of hic
  6. ablative neuter plural of hic

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”).

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Determiner[edit]

his (nominative pronoun he)

  1. Third-person singular masculine genitive determiner: his, of him.
  2. Third-person singular neuter genitive determiner: its, of it.
  3. Used in place of the possessive suffix -es to denote possession by an antecedent noun.
    • 1470, Thomas Malory, Works.
      And Claudas his knyghts brake theire spearis
Descendants[edit]
  • English: his

Pronoun[edit]

his (nominative he)

  1. Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

his (nominative heo)

  1. Third-person singular feminine genitive determiner: her, of her.
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Navajo[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • xis (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

his

  1. pus

Inflection[edit]

possessives of his
singular duoplural plural
1st person shihis nihihis danihihis
2nd person nihis nihihis danihihis
3rd person bihis
4th person (3o) yihis
4th person (3a) hahis
Indefinite (3i) ahis

Old English[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

his

  1. genitive of hē: his
  2. genitive of hit: its

Declension[edit]

Declension of his — Strong only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative his hisu, hiso his
Accusative hisne hise his
Genitive hises hisre hises
Dative hisum hisre hisum
Instrumental hise hisre hise
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hise hisa, hise hisu, hiso
Accusative hise hisa, hise hisu, hiso
Genitive hisra hisra hisra
Dative hisum hisum hisum
Instrumental hisum hisum hisum

Descendants[edit]

Scots[edit]

Determiner[edit]

his

  1. his

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

  1. feeling, sensation, emotion

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative his
Definite accusative hissi
Singular Plural
Nominative his hisler
Definite accusative hissi hisleri
Dative hisse hislere
Locative histe hislerde
Ablative histen hislerden
Genitive hissin hislerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular hissim hislerim
2nd singular hissin hislerin
3rd singular hissi hisleri
1st plural hissimiz hislerimiz
2nd plural hissiniz hisleriniz
3rd plural hisleri hisleri

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