hon
See also: hon hon hon and Appendix:Variations of "hon"
Contents
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened from honey.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hon (uncountable)
- (used only to address someone) honey, sweetheart (used as a term of endearment)
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
CzechEdit
NounEdit
hon m
Usage notesEdit
- While lov may refer to any kind of hunting, hon refers only to those which involve chasing such as of ducks or fox.
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hon
DeclensionEdit
Faroese personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the archaic honn (“at home”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hon (plural honok)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hon | honok |
| accusative | hont | honokat |
| dative | honnak | honoknak |
| instrumental | honnal | honokkal |
| causal-final | honért | honokért |
| translative | honná | honokká |
| terminative | honig | honokig |
| essive-formal | honként | honokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | honban | honokban |
| superessive | honon | honokon |
| adessive | honnál | honoknál |
| illative | honba | honokba |
| sublative | honra | honokra |
| allative | honhoz | honokhoz |
| elative | honból | honokból |
| delative | honról | honokról |
| ablative | hontól | honoktól |
| Possessive forms of hon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | honom | honaim |
| 2nd person sing. | honod | honaid |
| 3rd person sing. | hona | honai |
| 1st person plural | honunk | honaink |
| 2nd person plural | honotok | honaitok |
| 3rd person plural | honuk | honaik |
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
(Compound words):
IcelandicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
hon (personal pronoun):
DeclensionEdit
Icelandic personal pronouns
| Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
| singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
| accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
| dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
| genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
| plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
| dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra | |
JapaneseEdit
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hōn (3 singular present hēhþ, 3 singular preterite hēng, preterite plural hēngon, past participle ġehangen)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of hōn (strong class 7)
| infinitive | hōn | tō hōnne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | hō | hēng |
| 2nd-person singular | hēhst | hēnge |
| 3rd-person singular | hēhþ | hēng |
| plural | hōþ | hēngon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | hō | hēnge |
| plural | hōn | hēngen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | hōh | |
| plural | hōþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| hōnde | ġehangen | |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.
PronounEdit
hōn
DeclensionEdit
Old Swedish personal pronouns
| first person | second person | reflexive | third person | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | ||||||
| nominative | iak, iæk | þū | — | han | hōn | þæt |
| accusative | mik | þik | sik | han | hana, hōna | þæt |
| dative | mǣr, mik | þǣr, þik | sǣr, sik | hōnum, hānum | hænni | þȳ, þī |
| genitive | mīn | þīn | sīn | hans | hænna(r) | þæs |
| dual | ||||||
| nominative | vit | it | — | — | — | — |
| accusative | oker | *iker | sik | — | — | — |
| dative | oker | *iker | sǣr, sik | — | — | — |
| genitive | okar | *ikar | sīn | — | — | — |
| plural | ||||||
| nominative | vī(r) | ī(r) | — | þē(r) | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
| accusative | os, ōs | iþer | sik | þā | þā(r) | þø̄n, þē(n) |
| dative | os, ōs | iþer | sǣr, sik | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom | þēm, þø̄m, þom |
| genitive | vār | iþar | sīn | þēra | þēra | þēra |
DescendantsEdit
- Swedish: hon
RohingyaEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish hōn, from Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hon
- she
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Hon är mycket vacker.
- She is very beautiful.
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- the time, the car, or the boat, human
- Vad är hon?
- What's the time?
- Går hon bra?
- Is she (the car) working all right?
- Vad är hon?
ReasonEdit
The reason that these nouns are referred to as "she" is that they were of feminine gender in old Swedish noun classification.
DeclensionEdit
Swedish personal pronouns
*Not universally accepted.
NounEdit
hon
- definite singular of ho