hine

See also: Hine, ĥine, and hiñe

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhiːnə]

Pronoun

hine

  1. plural of hin

Irish

Etymology

From Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Noun

hine f (genitive singular hine)

  1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye; color)

Declension
Declension of hine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative hine
Vocative a hine
Genitive hine
Dative hine

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an hine
Genitive na hine
Dative leis an hine

don hine

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Contraction

hine

  1. Contraction of hi ne.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English hine. Originally an accusative form; gradually displaced by dative him.

Pronoun

hine (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.

See also
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik memin
mi1		min
2nd-person þou þeþin
þi1		þin
3rd-person m hehim
hine2		himhishis
hisen
f sche, heohire
heo		 hirehire
hires, hiren
n hithit
him2		his, hit—
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ousoureoure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yowyouryour
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. hehem
he2		hemherehere
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeimþeirþeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²hiːnə/

Determiner

hine pl (masculine hin, feminine hi, neuter hitt)

  1. plural of hin

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhine/

Pronoun

hine

  1. accusative of hē: him

Descendants
  • Middle English: hine
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