هي
See also: ہی
Arabic
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew הִיא (hi' /hi/), Aramaic הי (hi), Classical Syriac ܗܝ (hī), and Mandaic ࡄࡏ (hʿ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi.ja/
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Pronoun
هِيَ • (hiya) f , enclitic form ـهَا (-hā)
- she (subject pronoun).
- هِيَ طَبِيبَةٌ
- hiya ṭabībatun
- She is a doctor
- it (subject pronoun, referring to animals and inanimate nouns of feminine gender)
- سَاحِلُ العَاجِ هِيَ دَوْلَةٌ تَقَعُ غَرْبِ أَفْرِيقْيَا
- sāḥilu l-ʿāji hiya dawlatun taqaʿu ḡarbi ʾafrīqyā
- Cote d'Ivoire is a country that is located West of Africa
- (Dr. Mustaffa Khattab)
- وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
- wānšaqqati s-samāʾu fahiya yawmaʾiḏin wāhiyatun
- The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail
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- فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى
- faʾinna l-jannata hiya l-maʾwā
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- they (subject pronoun, non-human).
- 2019 May 4, “ما هي القضايا التي ناقشها ترامب وبوتين في مكالمتهما؟”, in BBC Arabic:
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Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: اِهْيَ (ehya)
- Maltese: hi
See also
Arabic personal pronouns
| Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | أَنَا (ʾanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | ||
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʾanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʾantumā) | أَنْتُمْ (ʾantum) |
| f | أَنْتِ (ʾanti) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʾantunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā) | هُمْ (hum) |
| f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُنَّ (hunna) | ||
| Isolated accusative pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | إِيَّايَ (ʾiyyāya) | إِيَّانَا (ʾiyyānā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | إِيَّاكَ (ʾiyyāka) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʾiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُم (ʾiyyākum) |
| f | إِيَّاكِ (ʾiyyāki) | إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʾiyyākunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | إِيَّاهُ (ʾiyyāhu) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʾiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُمْ (ʾiyyāhum) |
| f | إِيَّاهَا (ʾiyyāhā) | إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʾiyyāhunna) | ||
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | ـنِي (-nī), ـي (-ī), ـيَ (-ya)* | ـنَا (-nā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)** | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)** | ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)** |
| f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)** | ||
| * Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʾinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʾinnī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʾinnanī)) is usually preferred. ** ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw). | ||||
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “هي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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