hy

See also: Hy, hý, and hỹ

Translingual

Symbol

hy

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Armenian.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch hij, from Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hie, hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦəi/, [ɦə̟i̯]
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

hy (object hom, possessive sy)

  1. third-person singular subject pronoun
    1. he (referring to a male person)
      Hy sien my nie.
      He can’t see me.
    2. it (referring to a non-personal noun)
      Ek het die boek gelees, maar hy is baie moeilik om te volg.
      I’ve read the book, but it is very difficult to follow.

Synonyms

See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive determiner possessive pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd, masc hy hom sy syne
3rd, fem sy haar hare
3rd, neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ˀcy (“seed”) < Proto-Cerrado *cym (“seed”) < Proto-Jê *cym (“seed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɨ/

Noun

hy

  1. seed
    Hũmre ata amji mã ampeaj kam hãn ne ampo hy ata kre.
    That man quietly peacefully plants those seeds (without shouting or arguments).
  2. penis
    Synonym: jixôt

Cornish

Determiner

hy

  1. her (possessive determiner)

Noun

hy

  1. Aspirate mutation of ky.

Pronoun

hy

  1. she
  2. her

Demotic

Etymology
From Egyptian
(hj).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haj/, IPA(key): /hej/ (depending on dialect)

Noun

⁠⁠ m

  1. husband

Descendants
  • Coptic: ϩⲁⲓ (hai)

References
  • Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 267
  • Johnson, Janet (2000) Thus Wrote ꜥOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic‎, third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 9

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Interjection
  1. (vocative, before the name of the person called) O, hey, hail
  2. a call to someone unspecified; hey

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hy  
hj h

Noun

 m

  1. cry of joy

Inflection
Declension of hy (masculine)
singular hy
dual hywj
plural hyw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hy  
hy hꜣy hꜣy
[New Kingdom] [New Kingdom]

References

Middle English

Pronoun

hy

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Pronoun

hy

  1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hý, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją, either from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-, or a merger of the two. Compare English hue.

Noun

hy c (uncountable)

  1. skin, complexion ((appearance of) skin on the face)

Declension
Declension of hy 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hy hyn — —
Genitive hys hyns — —

Derived terms

See also

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh hy, from Proto-Brythonic *hɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *segos, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”).[1]

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *segaz, Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), and Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hy (feminine singular hy, plural hyfion, equative hyfed, comparative hyfach, superlative hyfaf, not mutable)

  1. bold

Derived terms

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hy”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hī, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronunciation
  • (Clay) IPA(key): /hɛi̯/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /hi/

Pronoun

hy

  1. he (third-person singular masculine pronoun)

Usage notes

The accusative him is used roughly 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:

Dy partij stelt him op it stânpunt fan it federalisme.
This party puts itself on the standpoint of federalism.

In other reflexive cases, the reflexively marked pronoun himsels is used.

The clitic form er is used before the object of the sentence or after the verb, if there is one. It is never the first word of a sentence.

Doe't er in swolch naam
When he took a swallow

Especially in narrative, er is used in the past tense.

Inflection
West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Further reading
  • “hy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hýða, derived from húð.

Verb

hy

  1. (transitive) to birch children

Etymology 2

Probably from Finnish.

Noun

hy f

  1. gnat, the smallest species of the mosquito genus: Ceratopogon pulicaris
Synonyms
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