hys
English edit
Determiner edit
hys
- Obsolete form of his.
- (LGBT, nonstandard) Gender-variant or gender-neutral spelling of his.
- 2014, Han Sayles, “Beyond Inclusivity: An investigation of CC’s new trans-inclusive healthcare”, in Cipher Magazine (Colorado College)[1], page 8:
- Petti’s effort was motivated by hys desire to change a practice that hy recognized as discriminatory, and thus clearly contrary to CC’s values.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch hijsen, from Middle Dutch hisen.
Verb edit
hys (present hys, present participle hysende, past participle gehys)
- (transitive) to hoist, to lift
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
hys (plural hyse)
- (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of huis
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Compare Swedish hysch, Possibly a borrowing, or of the same onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
hys
Further reading edit
- “hys”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Determiner edit
hys
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Pronoun edit
hys
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
hys
- Alternative form of his (“her”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
hys n (definite singular hyset, indefinite plural hys, definite plural hysa)
Verb edit
hys
- imperative of hyse
Old English edit
Pronoun edit
hys
- Alternative form of his (“his, its”)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
hys
Verb edit
hys
- imperative of hysa
Yola edit
Determiner edit
hys
- Alternative form of his
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 1:
- Billeen Scalaane an hys yola moan,
- Billy Scallan and his old woman,
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132