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hon

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Shortened from honey.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

hon

  1. (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 formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

hon

  1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo

AnagramsEdit

BretonEdit

DeterminerEdit

hon

  1. our

CatalanEdit

AdverbEdit

hon

  1. 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

  1. hunt, chase

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

  1. she

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)

  1. home, homeland, fatherland

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

  1. 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):

  1. (archaic) she

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

RomanizationEdit

hon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

hōn (3 singular present hēhþ, 3 singular preterite hēng, preterite plural hēngon, past participle ġehangen)

  1. to hang
  2. to suspend

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

NounEdit

hon m

  1. Alternative form of hom

Old SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.

PronounEdit

hōn

  1. she

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

RohingyaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Assamese কোন (kün), Hindi कौन (kaun), Romani kon.

PronounEdit

hon

  1. who

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

  1. she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
    Hon är mycket vacker.
    She is very beautiful.
  2. 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?

DeclensionEdit

Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

NounEdit

hon

  1. definite singular of ho

VilamovianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

hon

  1. to have

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

hon f (masculine hwn, neuter hyn)

  1. this

Related termsEdit

ZuniEdit

PronounEdit

hon

  1. First person dual subject (medial position)
    we two
  2. First person plural subject (medial position)
    we (three or more)

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Zuni personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person (medial) ho' hon hon
1st person (final) hoo'o ho'no ho'no
2nd person (medial) to' ton ton
2nd person (final) too'o to'no to'no
3rd person (medial) — 'aachi —
3rd person (final) — 'aachi —
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