different between hir vs hirn

English

Etymology

Blend of him/his +? her.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??(?)/
• (US) enPR: h?r, IPA^(key): /hi?/
• Homophones: here, hear

Pronoun

hir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

1. Them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with him and her.

Synonyms

• (singular) them
• (neologism) em, per

Hyponyms

• him, her

Derived terms

• (neologism) hirself

Determiner

hir

1. Belonging to hir, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

Usage notes

A declension shared by several gender-neutral pronoun schema. Subjective forms associated with hir include s/he, sie, shi, and ze. For additional considerations regarding use among members of the genderqueer community, see usage notes for ze.

Synonyms

• (singular) their
• (neologism) eir

Hyponyms

• his, her

Derived terms

• (neologism) hirs

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• IHR

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi??/

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sk?ra, from Proto-Indo-European *s?iH-ro- (“to dim, shimmer”) (compare German schier (“pure, clear”), Polish szczery (“sincere, earnest”), Ancient Greek ?????? (skîron, “parasol”)).

Noun

hir m (indefinite plural hire, definite singular hiri, definite plural hiret)

1. kindness, favor, sake
2. willingness, goodwill
3. beauty, grace, charm, dignity
4. (religious) heavenly grace

Derived terms

• hire
• hirës
• hirësi
• hirësisht
• hirmadh
• hiroj
• hirplotë

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• hjir, hiru

Etymology

From Latin f?lum. Compare Daco-Romanian fir.

Noun

hir n (plural hiri or hire)

1. thread

Derived terms

• hirush
• nhiric

Related terms

• nhir

Baure

Alternative forms

• jir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hir/

Noun

hir

1. man

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hir, from Proto-Celtic *s?ros.

Adjective

hir

1. long

Antonyms

• berr

Burushaski

Noun

hir (plural huri)

1. man (clarification of this definition is needed)

Latin

Alternative forms

• ir

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hezros, from Proto-Indo-European *??ésr?. Cognate with Ancient Greek ???? (kheír).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hir/, [h?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ir/, [ir]

Noun

hir n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. (rare, anatomy) hand

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.

Synonyms

• (hand): manus

References

• hir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi??/, [?hi?.?], [hi??]
• Homophone: hier

Pronoun

hir

1. third-person feminine singular, dative: her, to her

   Ech schreiwen hir e Bréif

   I'm writing her a letter

Declension

Pronoun

hir

1. third-person singular feminine possessive, feminine object, nominative: her
2. third-person singular feminine possessive, plural object, nominative: her
3. third-person singular feminine possessive, feminine object, accusative: her
4. third-person singular feminine possessive, plural object, accusative: her
5. third-person plural possessive, feminine object, nominative: their
6. third-person plural possessive, plural object, nominative: their
7. third-person plural possessive, feminine object, accusative: their
8. third-person plural possessive, plural object, accusative: their

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

hir

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

hir

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hir

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Portuguese

Verb

hir (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle hido)

1. Obsolete spelling of ir

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xî?r/

Noun

h?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. whim, caprice

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi?r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *hir, from Proto-Celtic *s?ros.

Adjective

hir (feminine singular hir, plural hirion, equative cyhyd, comparative hwy or hirach, superlative hwyaf or hiraf, not mutable)

1. long

   Synonyms: hirfaith, llaes, maith

   Antonyms: byr, cwta

Derived terms

• hiraeth (“longing”)
• hirgrwn (“oval”)
• hirsgwar (“rectangle, oblong”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

hir

1. h-prothesized form of ir

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “hir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnij?, from Proto-Germanic *hurnij? (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?-. Proto-Germanic *hurnij? is a diminutive form of *hurn?, from which comes English horn. Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Old Norse hyrna (“corner”), Norwegian Bokmål hjørne (“corner”) (Bokmål), Norwegian Nynorsk hyrna (“corner”) (Nynorsk), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.

Noun

hirn (plural hirns)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Corner; nook; hiding-place

Anagrams

• rhin-

Middle English

Noun

hirn

1. Alternative form of herne (“corner”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• hirne, hyrn, hyrne

Etymology

From Middle English herne, hirne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnij? (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”). Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Norwegian hyrna (“corner”), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.

Noun

hirn (plural hirns)

1. corner; nook

   To ilka hirn he takes his rout / And gangs just stavering about / In quest o'prey. — C. Keith.

2. a hiding-place

Usage notes

• Usually plural

Derived terms

• hirnek