hom

See also: Hom, hôm, hǫm, hợm, hom., and HOM

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hem.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

hom (subject hy, possessive sy)

1. third-person singular object pronoun
   1. him (referring to a male person)

      Ek sien hom nie.

      I can’t see him.

   2. it (referring to a non-personal noun)

      Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het hom nog nie gelees nie.

      She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.

Synonyms

• (it): dit

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.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan hom, from the nominative case of Latin homō (“man”). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“man, person”); French on; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).

Doublet of home (“man”), from Old Catalan (h)ome(n), that continues the accusative case form hominem. There are very few Latin nouns that have been inherited in more than one case form, others include drac/dragó and res/re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɔm]

Pronoun

hom

1. one, people, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun)

   Hom diu que… ― It is said that…

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

See also

• tu
• u

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch homme, identical to homme (“mold”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to Old Norse húm (“dusky, twilight”), from Proto-Germanic *skim- (“to shine-”), which has been compared to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”), but according to the Etymologisch Woordenboek this is extremely unlikely.

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Noun

hom f (plural hommen, diminutive hommetje n)

1. (Netherlands) milt (fish semen)

Derived terms

• hommer

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: hom (dated)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun

hom (plural homes or heomen)

1. home, residence, dwelling
2. house, housing
3. accommodation, rest
4. (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre
5. (rare) village, town

Alternative forms

• hoom, home, hoome, whom, om, am; hame (Northern); ham (Early Middle English)

Adverb

hom

1. home, homeward

Related terms

• homly, homely, homli
• homward

Descendants

• English: home, -ham (partially)
• Geordie English: hyem
• Scots: hame
• Yola: hime, hyme, haime

References

• “hōm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “hōm, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hom

1. Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hom (plural homes)

1. Alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hom

1. Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German haben, from Old High German hāben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have; to hold”). Cognate with German haben, English have.

Verb

hom

1. to have

   Mu i hom a kòmmer as tschins? ― Can I have a room to rent?

References

• “hom” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hvammr. Doublet of kvam.

Noun

hom m (definite singular homen, indefinite plural homar, definite plural homane)

1. a little vale

References

• “hom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ohm

Old French

Alternative forms

• hum, huem, hon, om, on

Etymology

From Latin homō. The use as a pronoun is a calque of West Germanic (compare Middle High German man, Middle Dutch men).

Noun

hom m

1. nominative singular of home (“man”)

Pronoun

hom

1. one

Descendants

• French: on

Zuni

Pronoun

hom

1. First person singular possessive (medial position)

   my

2. First person singular object

   me

Related terms

• ho'
• homma