he
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
he
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).
Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
he (third-person singular, masculine, nominative case, oblique him, reflexive himself, possessive his)
he
he (countable and uncountable, plural hes)
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).
he
he
he
A natural expression.
he
he
hẹ or hȩ́ (Fasu)
From Proto-Finnic *hek, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sej. Cognates include Northern Sami sii, Erzya сынь (siń). The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (het). See hän for more details on history of usage.
he
From Phoenician 𐤄 (h) and/or Biblical Hebrew ה.
he
Inflection of he (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | he | het | |
genitive | hen | heiden heitten | |
partitive | hetä | heitä | |
illative | hehen | heihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | he | het | |
accusative | nom. | he | het |
gen. | hen | ||
genitive | hen | heiden heitten | |
partitive | hetä | heitä | |
inessive | hessä | heissä | |
elative | hestä | heistä | |
illative | hehen | heihin | |
adessive | hellä | heillä | |
ablative | heltä | heiltä | |
allative | helle | heille | |
essive | henä | heinä | |
translative | heksi | heiksi | |
abessive | hettä | heittä | |
instructive | — | hein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Possessive forms of he (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
From Middle Low German hê, from Old Saxon hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
he m (genitive sin, dative 1 em, dative 2 en, dative 3 jüm, accusative 1 em, accusative 2 en)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
he (indefinite)
Hinde (1904) records kuha as an equivalent of English give in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili kupa, etc. as its equivalents.[1]
he (infinitive kũhe)
(Proverbs)
(Nouns)
he
Informally, both men and women use this question-marking particle. When speaking formally, however, only women use it. In a formal setting, men use huwó, hwo, or huŋwó.
he
From Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
he (accusative him or hine, genitive his or hisen, possessive determiner his)
In addition to referring to male humans and animals, this pronoun was used for inanimate objects belonging to the masculine grammatical gender early in Middle English. As grammatical gender obsolesced, this pronoun continued to refer to inanimate objects.
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
From Old English hīe, hī. Compare þei.
he (accusative hem or he, genitive heres or heren, possessive determiner here)
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
he
he
he
he (comparative her, superlative hest)
he (third-person singular simple present heth, present participle hende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hed)
hê
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
he
From Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
hē m (accusative hine, genitive his, dative him)
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first person | iċ | mē, mec | mē | mīn | |
second person | þū | þē, þec | þē | þīn | ||
third person | neuter | hit | him | his | ||
masculine | hē | hine | ||||
feminine | hēo | hīe | hire | |||
dual | first person | wit | unc, uncit | unc | uncer | |
second person | ġit | inc, incit | inc | incer | ||
plural | first person | wē | ūs, ūsiċ | ūs | ūser, ūre | |
second person | ġē | ēow, ēowic | ēow | ēower | ||
third person | hīe | him | heora |
From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.
hē m
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero, unka | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
he
From Middle English he, from Old English hē.
he (third-person singular, masculine, nominative case; accusative him, reflexive himsel, possessive his)
Borrowed from Arabic هَا (hā, “behold!, lo!, look!”).[1] Cognate to Galician eis and Portuguese eis.
he
he f (plural hes)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
he
Related to häva.
he (present her, preterite hedde, supine hett, imperative he)
Not widely known to native Swedish speakers. Primarily used in certain regions of Norrland in Sweden.
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | he | hes | ||
Supine | hett | hetts | ||
Imperative | he | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | hen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | her | hedde | hes | heddes |
Ind. plural1 | he | hedde | hes | heddes |
Subjunctive2 | he | hedde | hes | heddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | heende | |||
Past participle | hedd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
he n
he n
Primarily used in the northern parts of norrland
he! (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)
he (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ) (historical)
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se. Cognates include Hawaiian he and Maori he.
he
Impersonal | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
Definite | te | nā |
Indefinite | he | ni |
Personal | ||
Nominal | Pronominal | |
Simple | ia | |
After i/ki | a | a te |
After mai | ia te |
he
he
hè