different between his vs yis

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *?e-, *?ey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Alternative forms

• His (honorific)

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?h?z/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?h?z/
• (unstressed)
  • IPA^(key): /??z/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Determiner

his

1. Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
2. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
   • 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

     On the contrary, those other passions, commonly denominated selfish, both produce different sentiments in each individual, according to his particular situation […]

3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]
4. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. [from 11th c.]

   for Ahab's mark.

Usage notes

• When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective, qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.
• (fourth sense) See His genitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

See also

Pronoun

his

1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

2. Alternative spelling of His

Translations

See also

• he
• her
• hers
• him
• hisn

Etymology 2

Noun

his

1. plural of hi

Anagrams

• -ish, IHS, Ish, Shi, ish, shi

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ïjs (“smell, odour”). Cognate with Chuvash ??? (j?s)

Noun

his (definite accusative hisi, plural hisl?r)

1. soot, (black) smoke, fume

   Synonym: qurum

Declension

Danish

Noun

his n

1. indefinite genitive singular of hi

Finnish

Etymology

From German His (German key notation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?his/, [?his?]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: his

Noun

his

1. (music) B-sharp

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Latin

Pronoun

h?s

1. dative masculine plural of hic
2. dative feminine plural of hic
3. dative neuter plural of hic
4. ablative masculine plural of hic
5. ablative feminine plural of hic
6. ablative neuter plural of hic

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English his, from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *?e-, *?ey- (“this”).

Alternative forms

• hys, hise, hyse, hiss, hisse, hyss, hysse, hijs, is, ys, isse, hes, hese, hesse, es, heis, heys, hus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

Determiner

his (nominative pronoun he)

2. Third-person singular masculine genitive determiner: his, of him.
3. Third-person singular neuter genitive determiner: its, of it.
4. Used in place of the possessive suffix -es to denote possession by an antecedent noun.
   • 1470, Thomas Malory, Works.

     And Claudas his knyghts brake theire spearis

Descendants

• English: his

See also

Pronoun

his (nominative he)

2. Third-person singular masculine genitive pronoun: his.

Synonyms

• hisen

Descendants

• English: his

See also

References

• “his, pron.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
• “his, pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• hys, hise, is, ys, hies, hes, es, as

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /his/
• (mainly when unstressed) IPA^(key): /iz/

Pronoun

his (nominative heo)

2. Third-person singular feminine genitive determiner: her, of her.

Synonyms

• hire

References

• “hir(e), pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 June 2018.

Navajo

Alternative forms

• xis (in older Americanist literature)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [x??s]

Noun

his

1. pus

Inflection

Old English

Pronoun

his

1. genitive of h?: his
2. genitive of hit: its

Descendants

• English: his
• Scots: his

Scots

Determiner

his

1. his

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???, from Arabic ????? (?iss). Compare to Azerbaijani hiss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [his]

Noun

his (definite accusative hissi, plural hisler)

1. feeling, sensation, emotion

   Synonym: duygu

Declension

Derived terms

• hisli > hislilik
• hissiz > hissizlik
• hissetmek > hissettirmek
• hislenmek
• hissî
• hissiyat

English

Pronunciation 1

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /j?s/

Adverb

yis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yes.

Pronunciation 2

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jiz/

Pronoun

yis

1. (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous

Anagrams

• Isy

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeast.

Noun

yîs m

1. yeast

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ??se, ??se; equivalent to Old English ??a + s?e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jis/, /j?s/, /-z/

Interjection

yis

1. yes

Alternative forms

• yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ?is, ?ise, ?isse, ?es, ?eis, ?eisse, ?eus, ?us, ?use, ?his, ?ys, ?yse, ?ysse, ?eys, ?eysse, ?hys

Adverb

yis

1. yes

Descendants

• English: yes
• Middle Scots: ?is, ?es, ?eis

References

• “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

yis (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yis

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

yis

1. (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yeast.

Noun

yis

1. yeast