his

Meanings

1. 1
   pron

   singular masculine possessive pronoun

   The book was his

2. 2
   det

   Belonging to him.

   With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed, With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare, Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.

3. 3
   det

   Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.

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

4. 4
   det

   Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)

   In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]

5. 5
   det

   Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

   Ahab his mark

6. 6
   pron

   That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

   This pen is his. These books are also his.

7. 7
   pron

   His house or home.

   After our night out, I went back to his.

8. 8
   noun

   plural of hi

   The Hikkams pushed a table over by the booth where the Lochwoods and Meekums were sitting, exchanged his and sat down.

Etymology

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 *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.