Part of speech: personal pronoun
he (héo, hío fem she; hit, hyt neut it; hý, hí, híe, héo pl they)
Etymology
[Mod E HE; hine, hyne, hiene (Acc); him, hym (Dat) → Mod E HIM; his, hys (Gen) → Mod E HIS (poss pron)
fem héo, hío (Nom); hý, hí, híe (Acc); hire, hyre, hiere (Dat) → Mod E HER; hire, hyre, hiere → Mod E HER (poss pron)
neut hit, hyt (Nom, Acc); Mod E IT; him (Dat); his (Gen)
pl of all 3 genders hý, hí, híe, héo (Nom, Acc); him, hym, heom (Dat); hyra, hira, hiera, heora (Gen)
← Prot-Germ *hez-, *hiz-; O Fris hē, hī “he” masc; O Sax hē, hī “he” (in Goth this pronoun had survived only in the following relics: himma Dat, masc and neut; hina Acc masc; hita Acc neut) ← Indo-Europ *k̂is-; Lith šìs “this” O Slav сь (Russ сей “this“]
fem héo, hío (Nom); hý, hí, híe (Acc); hire, hyre, hiere (Dat) → Mod E HER; hire, hyre, hiere → Mod E HER (poss pron)
neut hit, hyt (Nom, Acc); Mod E IT; him (Dat); his (Gen)
pl of all 3 genders hý, hí, híe, héo (Nom, Acc); him, hym, heom (Dat); hyra, hira, hiera, heora (Gen)
← Prot-Germ *hez-, *hiz-; O Fris hē, hī “he” masc; O Sax hē, hī “he” (in Goth this pronoun had survived only in the following relics: himma Dat, masc and neut; hina Acc masc; hita Acc neut) ← Indo-Europ *k̂is-; Lith šìs “this” O Slav сь (Russ сей “this“]
Paradigm
3.2. Personal pronouns
| declension of personal pronouns the first person |
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| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | ic | wit | wé |
| genitive | mín | uncer | úser, úre |
| dative (instrumental) | mé | unc | ús |
| accusative | mec, mé | unc | úsic, ús |
| declension of personal pronouns the second person |
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| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | þú | ȝit | ȝé |
| genitive | þín | incer | éower |
| dative (instrumental) | þé | inc | éow |
| accusative | þec, þé | incit, inc | éowic, éow |
| declension of personal pronouns the third person |
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| singular number | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | hé | héo, hío | hit |
| genitive | his | hire, hyre, hiere | his |
| dative (instrumental) | him | hire, hyre, hiere | him |
| accusative | hine | hý, hí, híe | hit |
| plural number | |||
| all genders | |||
| nominative | hý, hí, híe, héo | ||
| genitive | hyra, hira, hiera, heora | ||
| dative (instrumental) | him, heom | ||
| accusative | hý, hí, híe, héo | ||
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