him

See also: Him, hím, and H.I.M.

him - Translingual

Symbol

him

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 language code for Western Pahari languages.

him - English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: hĭm, IPA: /ˈhɪm/, unstressed IPA: /əm/, [ɪ̈m]
  • Homophone: hymn,'em for unstressed in some pronunciations.

Pronoun

him (personal pronoun, objective case)

  1. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
    1. With dative effect or as an indirect object.
    2. Following a preposition.
    3. With accusative effect or as a direct object.
  2. (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself.
  3. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Him

Descendants

  • Jamaican Creole: im
  • Pijin: hem
  • Pijin: -im

Translations

Noun

him (plural hims)

  1. (informal) A male person or animal.
    • I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
  2. (slang) A person of elevated skill at a sport/activity/game.
    • Stop trying that, you're not him bro.

Synonyms

Anagrams

him - Gayón

Noun

him

  1. water

him - Irish

Noun

him m

  1. h-prothesized form of im

him - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /him/

Pronoun

him

  1. third-person masculine singular, dative: him, to him
    • Ech baken him e Kuch.
      • I'm baking him a cake.
  2. third-person neuter singular, dative: her, to her; (rarely: it, to it)
    • Hie war gëschter mat him am Kino.
      • He went to the cinema with her yesterday.

Usage notes

  • For the use of the neuter for referring to female persons, see hatt.

Declension

nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech mech mir mer like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal) du de dech dir der like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal) Dir Der Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech Iech [əɕ] Iech
3rd person singular m hien en hien en him em sech
f si se si se hir er sech
n hatt et ('t) hatt et ('t) him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis (ons) eis (ons) eis (ons)
2nd person plural dir der iech iech [əɕ] iech iech [əɕ] iech
3rd person plural si se si se hinnen en sech

him - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronoun

him (nominative he)

  1. Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object: him.
  2. (reflexive) himself.
  3. Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object: it.
  4. (impersonal) Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object one, you.

Descendants


Pronoun

him

  1. Alternative form of hem (them)

him - Mizo

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /him/

Adjective

him

  1. safe
  2. unscathed

him - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hiːm/

Adverb

him

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of heim

him - Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /him/

Pronoun

him

  1. dative of : him
  2. dative of hit: it
  3. dative of hīe: them

Descendants

him - Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɪm/

Pronoun

him

  1. dative of ; him

Inflection

singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
nominative ik thū hiū, hiō hit hiā
accusative thī hine hiā hit ūs , hiā
dative thī him hire, hiāre him ūs , him, hirem, hiārem
genitive mīn thīn sīn hire, hiāre sīn ūser jūwer hira, hiāra

him - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɪm/

Pronoun

him

  1. oblique of hie; him

him - Sursurunga

Verb

him

  1. to work

him - West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɪm/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /(ə)m/

Pronoun

him

  1. object of hy

him - Yola

Pronoun

him

  1. Alternative form of ham
Meaning and Definition of him
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