Abbreviation ofArmenianհայերեն(hayeren).
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FromDutchhij, fromMiddle Dutchhi, fromOld Dutchhie,hē, fromProto-Germanic*hiz.
| subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | us’n | ||||
| 3rd | masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | |
| fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
| neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
| plural | 1st | ons | onss’n | |||
| 2nd | julle /jul1 | julles’n | ||||
| 3rd | hulle /hul1 | hulles’n | ||||
FromProto-Northern Jê*ˀcy(“seed”) <Proto-Cerrado*cym(“seed”) <Proto-Jê*cym(“seed”).
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FromProto-Brythonic*eið, from*esyās f; compareOld Irisha(“his, her, its, their”) andअस्यास्(asyā́s,“her”).
hy (triggers aspirate mutation)
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| number | person | independent (subject) | suffixed | infixed | possessive (dependent) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enclitic | emphatic | reduced | ||||||
| singular | first | my | vy | evy | ma,a | 'm | owA | |
| second | ty | jy,sy1 | tejy | ta,a | 'thM | dhaS | ||
| third2 | m | ev | ev | eev | va,a | 'n | yS | |
| f | hi | hi | hyhi | — | 's | hyA | ||
| plural | first | ni | ni | nyni | 'gan,'n | agan,'gan | ||
| second3 | hwi | hwi | hwyhwi | 'gas,'s | agas,'gas | |||
| third | i | i | ynsi | 's | agaA,'gaA | |||
1 Uncommon.
2hun andins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.
S Triggerssoft mutationA Triggersaspirate mutationM Triggersmixed mutation
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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FromOld Norsehý, fromProto-Germanic*hiwją, either fromProto-Indo-European*kew-,*ḱew- or fromProto-Indo-European*ḱey-, or a merger of the two. CompareEnglishhue.
hy c (uncountable)
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hy | hys |
| definite | hyn | hyns | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
FromMiddle Welshhy, fromProto-Brythonic*hɨɣ, fromProto-Celtic*segos, fromProto-Indo-European*seǵʰ-(“to overpower”).[1]
Cognate withProto-Germanic*segaz,Sanskritसहस्(sáhas,“force, power, victory”), andAncient Greekἔχω(ékhō,“I have, I own”).
hy (feminine singularhy,pluralhyfion,equativehyfed,comparativehyfach,superlativehyfaf,not mutable)
Compare Englishhuh and Dutchhè.
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FromOld Frisianhī, fromProto-West Germanic*hiʀ, fromProto-Germanic*hiz.
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The accusativehim is usedroughly like "himself" and "itself" in English. In these cases, it is used after a verb when there is another object in the sentence. For example:
In other reflexive cases, the reflexively marked pronounhimsels is used.
The clitic former is used before theobject of the sentence or after theverb, if there is one. It is never the first word of a sentence.
Especially innarrative,er is used in thepast tense.
| personal | possessive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject case | object case | determiner | pronoun | |||||
| normal | reflexive | |||||||
| singular | 1st | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | ||
| 2nd | informal | do,dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | ||
| formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | |||
| 3rd | m | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | ||
| f | sy,hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | |||
| n | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | |||
| plural | 1st | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | ||
| 2nd | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels,jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | |||
| 3rd | sy,hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | |||
1 Now mostly archaic and unused.