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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Dutch

Contraction

hine

1. Contraction of hi ne.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hyne, ine, in, hin, hyn

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hine (nominative he)

2. Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object: him.
3. (reflexive) himself.
4. Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object: it.
5. (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	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir 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

• “hine, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hiːnə/

Determiner

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

1. plural of hin

Old English

Alternative forms

• hyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhine/

Pronoun

hine

1. accusative of hē: him

Descendants

• Middle English: hine