his

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.

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

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• Rhymes: -ɪz

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.
   • David Hume

     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.]
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     My stomacke could not well reach so farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his need.

   • 1611, Matthew 5:13, King James Version:

     Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?

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

• 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

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

• he
• her
• hers
• him
• hisn

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.

• -ish, IHS, Ish, Shi, ish, shi

his n

1. genitive singular indefinite of hi

• IPA^(key): /ˈhis/, [ˈhis̠]

his

1. (music) B-sharp

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

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

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”).

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

• English: his

his (nominative he)

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

• hisen

• English: his

• “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.

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

his (nominative heo)

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

• hire

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

• xis (in older Americanist literature)

• IPA^(key): [xɪ̀s]

his

1. pus

his

1. his

• IPA^(key): [his]

his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

1. feeling, sensation, emotion

• duygu

• hisli > hislilik
• hissiz > hissizlik
• hissetmek > hissettirmek
• hislenmek
• hissî
• hissiyat