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His

//ɪ̈z// det, name, noun, pron, slang

Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    Belonging to him.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. dated, sometimes

    "On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]"

  3. 3
    Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) obsolete

    "In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]"

  4. 4
    Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. archaic

    "Ahab his mark"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Swiss.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of hi form-of, plural

    "The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down."

  2. 2
    Initialism of health information system or hospital information system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Meronyms: HL7, PACS, DICOM, EHR, EMR"

Pronoun
  1. 1
    That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

    "This pen is his. These books are also his."

  2. 2
    Honorific alternative letter-case form of his, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific, possessive, pronoun, without-noun

    "We pray that He grant us His blessings and that His will be done."

  3. 3
    His house or home. informal

    "After our night out, I went back to his."

  4. 4
    Alternative spelling of His. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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