hy

See also: Hy, hý, and hỹ

Translingual

Symbol

hy

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Armenian.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• hij (obsolete)

Etymology

From Dutch hij, from Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hie, hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦəi/, [ɦə̟i̯]

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Pronoun

hy (object hom, possessive sy)

1. third-person singular subject pronoun
   1. he (referring to a male person)

      Hy sien my nie.

      He can’t see me.

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

      Ek het die boek gelees, maar hy is baie moeilik om te volg.

      I’ve read the book, but it is very difficult to follow.

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.

Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ˀcy (“seed”) < Proto-Cerrado *cym (“seed”) < Proto-Jê *cym (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɨ/

Noun

hy

1. seed

   Hũmre ata amji mã ampeaj kam hãn ne ampo hy ata kre.

   That man quietly peacefully plants those seeds (without shouting or arguments).

2. penis

   Synonym: jixôt

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Welsh hi).

Alternative forms

• hi
• hei

Pronoun

hy

1. she, her

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *eið, from *esyās f; compare Old Irish a (“his, her, its, their”) and अस्यास् (asyā́s, “her”).

Pronunciation

• (RLC) IPA^(key): /i/

Determiner

hy

1. (possessive) her, its (with reference to feminine nouns; triggers aspirate mutation of following consonant)

   hy has hi

   her seeds

Pronoun

hy

1. her, it (with reference to feminine nouns; as object of a verbal noun; triggers aspirate mutation of following consonant)

   My vedn hy fe hei.

   I will pay her.

   Ny wonn hy hegi.

   I do not know how to cook it.

Usage notes

• Dual marking of possession is possible by adding hi/hei after the noun or verbal noun which hy precedes. Although originally a form of emphasis, in Late Cornish this structure had largely lost its emphatic meaning.
• In Late Cornish, masculine y and feminine hy had become homophonic with the pronunciation /i/.

Noun

hy

1. Aspirate mutation of ky.

Demotic

Etymology 1

From Egyptian (hj, “husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haj/, IPA^(key): /hej/ (depending on dialect)

Noun

⁠⁠ m

1. husband

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲁⲓ (hai) (Sahidic, Bohairic), ϩⲉⲓ (hei) (Fayyumic, Akhmimic), ϩⲉⲉⲓ (heei) (Lycopolitan)

Etymology 2

From Egyptian (hꜣj, “to descend”).

Verb

⁠⁠

1. (intransitive) to fall, to descend, to perish

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲉ (he) (Sahidic), ϩⲉⲓ (hei) (Bohairic)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 270
• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 266, 267
• Johnson, Janet (2000) Thus Wrote ꜥOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic‎^[1], third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, pages 9, 78
• Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001), The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎^[2], volume H (10.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 11

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: hy

Interjection

1. (vocative, before the name of the person called) O, hey, hail
2. a call to someone unspecified; hey

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hy  

hj	h

Noun

 m

1. cry of joy

Inflection

Declension of hy (masculine)

singular	hy
dual	hywj
plural	hyw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hy  

hy	hꜣy	hꜣy
	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[3], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 482.12-16, 483.1–483.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 157

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hy

1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hy

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hý, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją, either from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-, or a merger of the two. Compare English hue.

Noun

hy c (uncountable)

1. skin, complexion ((appearance of) skin on the face)

Declension

Declension of hy
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hy	hyn	—	—
Genitive	hys	hyns	—	—

Derived terms

• -hyad (“-skinned”)

See also

• hud

Welsh

Alternative forms

• hyf

Etymology

From Middle Welsh hy, from Proto-Brythonic *hɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *segos, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”).

Cognate with Proto-Germanic *segaz, Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), and Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hiː/
• Rhymes: -ɨː

Adjective

hy (feminine singular hy, plural hyfion, equative hyfed, comparative hyfach, superlative hyfaf, not mutable)

1. bold

Derived terms

• hyder (“confidence”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hī, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /hɛi̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /hi/

Pronoun

hy

1. he (third-person singular masculine pronoun)

Usage notes

The accusative him is used roughly like "himself" and "itself" in English. In these cases, it is used after a verb when there is another object in the sentence. For example:

Dy partij stelt him op it stânpunt fan it federalisme.

This party puts itself on the standpoint of federalism.

In other reflexive cases, the reflexively marked pronoun himsels is used.

The clitic form er is used before the object of the sentence or after the verb, if there is one. It is never the first word of a sentence.

Doe't er in swolch naam

When he took a swallow

Especially in narrative, er is used in the past tense.

Inflection

West Frisian personal pronouns

Number	Person		Nominative	Objective		Possessive
				Normal	Reflexive	Determiner	Pronoun
Singular	First		ik	my	mysels	myn	mines
	Second	Informal	do/dû1	dy	dysels	dyn	dines
		Formal	jo	jo	josels	jo	jowes
	Third	Masculine	hy	him	himsels	syn	sines
		Feminine	sy/hja1	har	harsels	har	harres
		Neuter	it	it	himsels	syn	sines
Plural	First		wy	ús	ússels	ús	uzes
	Second		jim(me)	jim(me)	jimsels/jinsels	jim(me)	jimmes
	Third		sy/hja1	har(ren)	harsels	har(ren)	harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Further reading

• “hy (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011