hon
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Shortened from honey.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hon
- (used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US) a friendly term of address.
- Hey hon! How was your day at work?
Etymology 2Edit
Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon.
Alternative formsEdit
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
EtymologyEdit
Compare Welsh ein. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
DeterminerEdit
hon
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
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *gònъ.
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
Further readingEdit
- hon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- hon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hon
DeclensionEdit
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)
- (literary) home, homeland, fatherland
- Synonym: haza
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
honé | honoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
honéi | honokéi |
Possessive forms of hon | ||
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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 |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- (homeland): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (alternative form of honn (“at home”, rare, archaic)): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
HunsrikEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Central Franconian hann, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hon
- to have
- Ich hon en groses Haus.
- I have a big house.
- Hod-der Zeid fer mich se hellfe?
- Do you have time to help me?
- Ich had en komischer Draum gester Nacht.
- I had a weird dream last night.
- (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
- Er hod es gemacht.
- He has done it.
InflectionEdit
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
EtymologyEdit
From the archaic form hón
PronounEdit
hon (personal pronoun):
DeclensionEdit
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
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
hon (third-person singular simple present honeth, present participle honende, honynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle honed)
- Alternative form of honen (“to linger”)
Etymology 2Edit
PrepositionEdit
hon
- Alternative form of on
Etymology 3Edit
NumeralEdit
hon
- Alternative form of oon
PronounEdit
hon
- Alternative form of oon
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
hon (plural hones)
- Alternative form of hond
Etymology 5Edit
VerbEdit
hon (third-person singular simple present hoþ, present participle honde, first-/third-person singular past indicative heng, past participle ihon)
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hongen
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hōn
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | hōn | hōnne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | hō | hēng |
second person singular | hēhst | hēnge |
third person singular | hēhþ | hēng |
plural | hōþ | hēngon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | hō | hēnge |
plural | hōn | hēngen |
imperative | ||
singular | hōh | |
plural | hōþ | |
participle | present | past |
hōnde | (ġe)hangen |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
hon m
- Alternative form of hom
Old SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.
PronounEdit
hōn
DeclensionEdit
first person | second person | reflexive | third person | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | ||||||
nominative | iak, iæk | þū | — | han | hōn | þæt |
accusative | mik | þik | sik | han | hana, hōna | þæt |
dative | mǣ(r), mik | þǣ(r), þik | sǣ(r), 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
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Assamese কোন (kün), Hindi कौन (kaun), Romani kon.
PronounEdit
hon
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Swedish hōn, from Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). 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
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hon
VilamovianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
VerbEdit
hon
- to have
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
See hwn (“this”)
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hon f (masculine hwn, neuter hyn)
Related termsEdit
ZuniEdit
PronounEdit
hon
- First person dual subject (medial position)
- we two
- First person plural subject (medial position)
- we (three or more)