his

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English

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• His (honorific)

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪz/
• • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhɘz/
• (unstressed form)
  • IPA^(key): /ɪ̈z/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /əz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

Determiner

his

1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
2. (sometimes dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
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.]

   for Ahab's mark.

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.
• (fourth sense) See His genitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Pronoun

his

1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

2. Alternative spelling of His

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

his

1. plural of hi

Anagrams

• -ish, Hsi, IHS, Ish, Shi, ish, shi

Azerbaijani

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [his]

Noun

his (definite accusative hisi, plural hislər)

1. soot, (black) smoke, fume

   Synonym: qurum

Declension

Danish

Noun

his n

1. indefinite genitive singular of hi

Finnish

Etymology

From German His (German key notation).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

his

1. (music) B-sharp

Usage notes

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

Latin

Pronoun

hīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of hic

Middle English

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

• hys, hise, hyse, hiss, hisse, hyss, hysse, hijs, is, ys, isse, hes, hese, hesse, es, heis, heys, hus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

Determiner

his (nominative masculine pronoun he, nominative neuter pronoun hit)

2. Third-person singular masculine possessive determiner: his, of him.
3. Third-person singular neuter possessive determiner: its, of it.
4. Used in place of the possessive suffix -es to denote possession by an antecedent noun.

Descendants

• English: his
• Scots: his
• Yola: his, hys, hays

See also

Pronoun

his (nominative he)

2. Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his.

Synonyms

• hisen

Descendants

• English: his

See also

References

• “his, pron.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
• “his, pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• hys, hise, is, ys, hies, hes, es, as

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

Pronoun

his (nominative heo)

2. Third-person singular feminine genitive determiner: her, of her.

Synonyms

• hire

References

• “hir(e), pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.

Navajo

Alternative forms

• xis (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xɪ̀s]

Noun

his

1. pus

Inflection

Old English

Pronoun

his

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

Descendants

• Middle English: his
  • English: his
  • Scots: his
  • Yola: his, hys, hays

Scots

Determiner

his

1. his

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حس (hiss), from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss). Compare to Azerbaijani hiss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/

Noun

his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

1. feeling, sensation, emotion

   Synonym: duygu

Declension

Derived terms

• altıncı his (sixth sense)
• hisli
  • hislilik
• hissiz
  • hissizlik
• hissetmek
  • hissettirmek
• hislenmek
• hissî
• hissiyat

Related terms

• mütehassis
• tahassüs

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “his”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِسّ (ḥiss).

Noun

his (plural hislar)

1. feeling

Declension

Derived terms

• hissi

Welsh

Preposition

his

1. h-prothesized form of is

Mutation

Yola

Alternative forms

• hys, hays

Etymology

From Middle English his, heys, from Old English his, from Proto-West Germanic *his.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪz/, /hiːz/
• Homophone: hea's

Determiner

his

1. his

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94