هي
See also: ہی
Arabic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šiʔa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi.ja/
Audio (file)
Pronoun
هِيَ • (hiya) f, enclitic form ـهَا (-hā)
- she (subject pronoun).
- هِيَ طَبِيبَةٌ
- hiya ṭabībatun
- She is a doctor
- it (subject pronoun, referring to animals and inanimate nouns of feminine gender)
- سَاحِلُ العَاجِ هِيَ دَوْلَةٌ تَقَعُ غَرْبَ أَفْرِيقْيَا
- sāḥilu l-ʕāji hiya dawlatun taqaʕu ḡarba ʔafrīqyā
- Cote d'Ivoire is a country that is located West of Africa
- (Dr. Mustaffa Khattab)
- وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ
- wānšaqqati s-samāʔu fahiya yawmaʔiḏin wāhiyatun
- The sky will then be so torn that it will be frail
- they (subject pronoun, non-human).
- 2019 May 4, “ما هي القضايا التي ناقشها ترامب وبوتين في مكالمتهما؟”, in BBC Arabic:
Descendants
See also
| Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | أَنَا (ʔanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | ||
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʔanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā) | أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum) |
| f | أَنْتِ (ʔanti) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā) | هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)1 |
| f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُنَّ (hunna) | ||
| Isolated accusative pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya) | إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka) | إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā) | إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum) |
| f | إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki) | إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu) | إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā) | إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum) |
| f | إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā) | إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna) | ||
| Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)2 | ـنَا (-nā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)3 | ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)3 | ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)3 |
| f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)3 | ||
| 1. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 2. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or 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 ـِي (-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 ـِي (-ī) or 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 (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 3. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw). | ||||
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “هي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Egyptian Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhijjæ/
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hij.ja/
Moroccan Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hij.ja/
North Levantine Arabic
See also
| North Levantine Arabic personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| 1st person | أنا (ʔana) | نحنا (niḥna) | |
| 2nd person | m | انت (ʔinta, ʔinte) | انتو (ʔintu) |
| f | انتي (ʔinti) | ||
| 3rd person | m | هو (huwwe) | هن (hinne) / هنن (hinnen) |
| f | هي (hiyye) | ||
Etymology 2
From the form هَيِّي (hayye, hayyi) attested in Damascene (compare the development of شويّ (šwayy) and ميّ (ṃayy)), which may be an irregular lenition of an earlier form *هَيْذِي (hayḏe, hayḏi). In the Lebanese form هيدي (hayde, haydi), the ذ (ḏ) of *هيذي regularly evolved into د (d) instead of leniting.
Sindhi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hi]
Pronoun
هِي • (hī) (Devanagari ही)
References
- Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “هِي”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hij.je/, [ˈhij.je]
Audio (Jerusalem) (file)
Pronoun
هي • (hiyye) f (enclitic form ـها (-ha))
- she (third-person feminine singular subject pronoun)
See also
| South Levantine Arabic personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| 1st person | أنا (ʔana) | احنا (ʔiḥna) | |
| 2nd person | m | انت (ʔinta) | انتو (ʔintu) |
| f | انتي (ʔinti) | ||
| 3rd person | m | هو (huwwe) | هم (homme) |
| f | هي (hiyye) | ||
Determiner
هيّ • (hayy)
Tunisian Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hij.ja/
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