hys

hys

1. Obsolete form of his.
2. (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)‎, 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.

• Shy, shy, syh

• IPA^(key): /ɦəi̯s/

From Dutch hijsen, from Middle Dutch hisen.

hys (present hys, present participle hysende, past participle gehys)

1. (transitive) to hoist, to lift

• hysbak

hys (plural hyse)

1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of huis

Compare Swedish hysch, Possibly a borrowing, or of the same onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhys/, [ˈhys̠]
• Rhymes: -ys
• Syllabification^(key): hys

hys

1. hush!, shh!

• “hys”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

hys

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

hys

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

hys

1. Alternative form of his (“her”)

hys n (definite singular hyset, indefinite plural hys, definite plural hysa)

1. (dialectal, Rogaland) the catching of a ball mid-air in a ballgame

   Synonyms: lyr, pol

hys

1. imperative of hyse

hys

1. Alternative form of his (“his, its”)

hys

1. indefinite genitive singular of hy

hys

1. imperative of hysa

hys

1. 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,

• 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