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هو
هو
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hu"
Arabic
Pronoun
هُوَ • (huwa) m (enclitic form ـهُ (-hu) or ـهِ (-hi))
See also
Arabic personal pronouns
| Isolated pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | أَنَا (ʾanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | ||
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʾanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʾantumā)* | أَنْتُمْ (ʾantum) |
| f | أَنْتِ (ʾanti) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʾantunna)* | ||
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā)* | هُمْ (hum) |
| f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُنَّ (hunna)* | ||
| Enclitic pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | ـنِي (-nī)/ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya)** | ـنَا (-nā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu)/ـهِ (-hi)*** | ـهُمَا (-humā)/ـهِمَا (-himā)*** | ـهُم (-hum)/ـهِم (-him)*** |
| f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُنَّ (-hunna)/ـهِنَّ (-hinna)*** | ||
| * Modern Standard Arabic avoids these pronouns, though they are used in Classical Arabic. ** Specifically, ـنِي (-nī) 'me' is attached to verbs, but ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya) 'my' is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of "me" (rather than "my"). The "sisters of inna" can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (innanī) or إِنِّي (innī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (innanī)) is usually preferred. *** ـهُـ (-hu-) occurs after the vowels ending in u or a (-a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw), while ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after vowels ending in i (-i, -ī, -ay). | ||||
Etymology 2
From هُوَ (huwa, “it”), calqued from German Es, possibly through Latin id.
Noun
هُوَ • (huwa) m
- (psychology) id
Declension
Declension of noun هُوَ (huwa)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | هُوَ huwa |
الْهُوَ al-huwa |
هُوَ huwa |
| Nominative | هُوَ huwa |
الْهُوَ al-huwa |
هُوَ huwa |
| Accusative | هُوَ huwa |
الْهُوَ al-huwa |
هُوَ huwa |
| Genitive | هُوَ huwa |
الْهُوَ al-huwa |
هُوَ huwa |
Persian
Etymology
Compare Kurdish هو (heu, “gangrene”).
Noun
هو • (hū)
Usage notes
Sometimes the word is read as hau, which is wrong, as proved by the Armenian descendant.
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: հու (hu)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “هو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 421