hon
See also: hon hon hon and Appendix:Variations of "hon"
Contents
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Shortened from honey.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hon
- (used only to address someone) honey, sweetheart (used as a term of endearment)
Etymology 2Edit
Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon.
Alternative spellingsEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
hon
- (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo
- 2013 September 9, Rosita Boland "Feelings of relief and anti-climax in Ennis car park" The Irish Times
- “Hon the Banner!” is the single-minded mantra being roared everywhere else.
- 2016 August 17, Jennifer Dollard "Seagulls cover Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'" Today FM:
- We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads! This is pretty good.
- 2017 March 16, Amy O'Connor "GQ did a swanky photoshoot in loads of Dublin pubs with the star of Beauty and the Beast" Daily Edge:
- To coincide with the film’s release, GQ recently enlisted the actor to take part in a photoshoot in some of Dublin’s most beloved pubs. ... Hon Dublin!
- 2017 April 7, Johnny Watterson, John O'Sullivan, "Liveblog: US Masters: Day One" The Irish Times:
- 22:23 BIRDIE: Lowry (-2) can't find the bottom of the cup with his eagle putt but taps in for birdie. Hon the Offalyman. He's one behind the leaders, McGirt and Hoffman
- 2013 September 9, Rosita Boland "Feelings of relief and anti-climax in Ennis car park" The Irish Times
AnagramsEdit
BretonEdit
CatalanEdit
AdverbEdit
hon
- Archaic form of on.
Further readingEdit
- “hon” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
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):
HunsrikEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hon
- to have
- Ich hon en groses Haus.
- I have a big house.
InflectionEdit
Conjugation of hon
| infinitive | hon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | gehad | ||
| present tense | past tense | conditional tense | |
| 1st person singular | hon | had | häd |
| 2nd person singular | host | hast | häst |
| 3rd person singular | hod | had | häd |
| 1st person plural | hon | hade | häde |
| 2nd person plural | hod | had | häd |
| 3rd person plural | hon | hade | häde |
Further readingEdit
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; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
- Hon är mycket vacker.
- She is very beautiful.
- it (for certain nouns that were feminine in Old Swedish)
- Vad är hon?
- What (time) is it?
- Går hon bra?
- Is it (the car) working all right?
- Vad är hon?
DeclensionEdit
Swedish personal pronouns
*Not universally accepted.
NounEdit
hon
- definite singular of ho