her
Part of speech: det
pron
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō).
Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).
Inflected forms:
form: herė
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: hor
pos: det
tags: alternative
Northumbria
form: herė
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: hor
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Northumbria
form: hers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: herė
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Northumbria
Senses:
gloss: Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
pos: det
examples: This is her book
Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]
Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.
On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.
On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship, her battle damage repaired […]
gloss: Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
pos: det
examples: Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.
gloss: The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
pos: pron
examples: Give it to her (after preposition)
He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
He treated her for a cold (direct object)
Him and her went for a walk (with a conjunction; proscribed)
Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal)
"Then what became of her?"
"Her? Which ‘her’? The park is full of ‘hers’."
"The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went.
“I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.
"It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam and Eve. It's all right! It isn't her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia—in our world they usually don't talk at all.
Every day I had to watch as him and her went off for long walks together, and each night I had to go to my lonely, cold bed with the thought that they were sharing the same one […]
"What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".
gloss: A female person or animal.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
[…] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]
By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?”
Related words: Ime
me
myselfmemysen
mine
mymineme
we
us
ourselvesourselfoursen
oursourn
our
you
yourselfyoursen
yoursyourn
your
thou
thee
thyselftheeselfthysen
thine
thythine
youye
yourselves
you ally'all you guys yous
y'allselves
all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
he
him
himselfhisselfhissen
hishisn
his
she
herselfhersen
hershern
ithit
itselfhitself
itshis
itshishits
they
them
themself
themselves
theirs
their
one
oneself
–
one's
themhem
'em
themselvestheirsen
theirstheirn
The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: haar
lang: American Sign Language
word: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp
lang: Arabic
word: ـهَا
roman: -hā
lang: Arabic
word: ـها
roman: -ha
lang: Armenian
word: նրա
roman: nra
lang: Old Armenian
word: նորա
roman: nora
lang: Aromanian
word: seu
lang: Aromanian
word: (a) ljei
lang: Azerbaijani
word: onun
lang: Belarusian
word: е́йны
roman: jéjny
lang: Belarusian
word: яе́
roman: jajé
lang: Belarusian
word: свой
roman: svoj
lang: Bengali
word: এর
roman: er
lang: Bengali
word: ওর
roman: ōr
lang: Bengali
word: তার
roman: tar
lang: Bengali
word: এনার
roman: enar
lang: Bengali
word: ওনার
roman: ōnar
lang: Bengali
word: তাঁর
roman: tãr
lang: Central Bikol
word: saiya
lang: Central Bikol
word: niya
lang: Bulgarian
word: не́ин
roman: néin
lang: Catalan
word: seu
lang: Catalan
word: seva
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 她的
roman: tā de
lang: Coptic
word: ⲡⲉⲥ
roman: pes
lang: Coptic
word: ⲧⲉⲥ
roman: tes
lang: Coptic
word: ⲛⲉⲥ
roman: nes
lang: Czech
word: její
lang: Danish
word: hendes
lang: Dutch
word: haar
lang: Egyptian
word: s
roman: .s
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝia
lang: Finnish
word: hänen
lang: French
word: son
lang: French
word: sa
lang: French
word: ses
lang: North Frisian
word: höör
lang: West-Frisian
word: har
lang: Friulian
word: so
lang: Friulian
word: sô
lang: Galician
word: seu
lang: Galician
word: súa
lang: Galician
word: dela
lang: Georgian
word: მისი
roman: misi
lang: Georgian
word: თავისი
roman: tavisi
lang: German
word: ihr
lang: German
word: ihre
lang: German
word: ihre
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃
roman: seins
lang: Greek
word: της
roman: tis
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αὐτῆς
roman: autês
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ταύτης
roman: taútēs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τῆσδε
roman: têsde
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐκείνης
roman: ekeínēs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὅς
roman: hós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἑός
roman: heós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οὗ
roman: hoû
lang: Hawaiian
word: kona
lang: Hawaiian
word: kāna
lang: Hebrew
word: שֶׁלָּהּ
roman: shela
lang: Hebrew
word: ־ה
roman: -ah
lang: Hindi
word: उसका
roman: uskā
lang: Hindi
word: इसका
roman: iskā
lang: Hindi
word: उनका
roman: unkā
lang: Hungarian
word: -a
lang: Hungarian
word: -e
lang: Hungarian
word: -ja
lang: Hungarian
word: -je
lang: Interlingua
word: su
lang: Irish
word: a
lang: Japanese
word: 彼女の
roman: kanojo no
lang: Kalmyk
word: энүнә
roman: enünä
lang: Kalmyk
word: терүнә
roman: terünä
lang: Korean
word: 그녀의
roman: geunyeoui
lang: Korean
word: 그의
roman: geuui
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: wê
lang: Latin
word: suus
lang: Latin
word: eius
lang: Latin
word: illius
lang: Latin
word: huius
lang: Latvian
word: viņas
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: sô
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: sâ
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: sê
lang: Macedonian
word: нејзин
roman: nejzin
lang: Maltese
word: tagħha
lang: Māori
word: tāna
lang: Māori
word: tōna
lang: Māori
word: āna
lang: Māori
word: ōna
lang: Māori
word: tana
lang: Māori
word: ana
lang: Nepali
word: उनको
roman: unko
lang: Norwegian
word: henne
lang: Norwegian
word: sin
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hennes
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hennar
lang: Nǀuu
word: ku
lang: Occitan
word: seu
lang: Occitan
word: seuna
lang: Odia
word: ତାର
roman: tāra
lang: Persian
word: او
roman: u
lang: Polish
word: jej
lang: Portuguese
word: seu
lang: Portuguese
word: dela
lang: Romani
word: laqo
lang: Romani
word: laqi
lang: Romani
word: laqe
lang: Romanian
word: său
lang: Romanian
word: ei
lang: Romansh
word: ses
lang: Romansh
word: sia
lang: Romansh
word: sias
lang: Russian
word: её
roman: jejó
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: њен
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: njen
lang: Slovak
word: jej
lang: Slovene
word: njén
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: jeje
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: jeje
lang: Spanish
word: su
lang: Swedish
word: hennes
lang: Swedish
word: sin
lang: Telugu
word: దాని
roman: dāni
lang: Telugu
word: ఆమె
roman: āme
lang: Telugu
word: ఆవిడ
roman: āviḍa
lang: Thai
word: ของเขา
roman: kŏng kăo
lang: Tlingit
word: du
lang: Tupinambá
word: i
lang: Turkish
word: onun
lang: Ukrainian
word: її́
roman: jijí
lang: Urdu
word: اس کا
roman: us kā
lang: Urdu
word: اس کا
roman: is kā
lang: Urdu
word: ان کا
roman: un kā
lang: Volapük
word: ofik
lang: Waray-Waray
word: iya
lang: Waray-Waray
word: ira
lang: Zulu
word: -wo
lang: Zulu
word: -lo
lang: Zulu
word: -so
lang: Zulu
word: -yo
lang: Zulu
word: -lo