hom
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch hem.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
hom (subject hy, possessive sy)
- third-person singular object pronoun
- him (referring to a male person)
- Ek sien hom nie.
- I can’t see him.
- it (referring to a non-personal noun)
- Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het hom nog nie gelees nie.
- She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.
- him (referring to a male person)
Synonyms
- (it): dit
See also
| subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
| 3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
| 3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
| 3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
| plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
| 2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
| 3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
| 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. | ||||||
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan hom, from the nominative case of Latin homō (“man”). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“man, person”); French on; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).
Doublet of home (“man”), from Old Catalan (h)ome(n), that continues the accusative case form hominem. There are very few Latin nouns that have been inherited in more than one case form, others include drac/dragó and res/re.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɔm/
Pronoun
hom
- one, people, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
- Hom diu que… ― It is said that…
Declension
| strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | ||||
| 1st person | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu | ||
| 1st person majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | ||
| 2nd person formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| 2nd person very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person neuter | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| 2nd person formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
| adverbial | ||||||||
| ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | ||||||
| locative | hi | -hi | ||||||
| 1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. | 3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | |||||||
See also
- tu
- u
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch homme, identical to homme (“mold”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to Old Norse húm (“dusky, twilight”), from Proto-Germanic *skim- (“to shine-”), which has been compared to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”),[1] but according to the Etymologisch Woordenboek this is extremely unlikely.[2]
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
hom f (plural hommen, diminutive hommetje n)
- (Netherlands) milt (fish semen)
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: hom (dated)
References
- Southern, M. R. V. (1999). Sub-grammatical survival : Indo-European s-mobile and its regeneration in Germanic. Washington: Institute for the Study of Man, p. 199
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “hom”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔːm/
- Rhymes: -ɔːm
Noun
hom (plural homes or heomen)
- home, residence, dwelling
- house, housing
- accommodation, rest
- (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre
- (rare) village, town
Alternative forms
- hoom, home, hoome, whom, om, am; hame (Northern); ham (early)
Adverb
hom
- home, homeward
Related terms
- homly, homely, homli
- homward
Descendants
- English: home, -ham (partially)
- Northumbrian: hyem
- Scots: hame
- Yola: hime, hyme, haime
References
- “hōm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “hōm, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Pronoun
hom
- Alternative form of hem (“them”)
Noun
hom (plural homes)
- Alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”)
Pronoun
hom
- Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German haben, from Old High German hāben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have; to hold”). Cognate with German haben, English have.
Verb
hom
- to have
- Mu i hom a kòmmer as tschins? ― Can I have a room to rent?
References
- “hom” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hvammr. Doublet of kvam.
Noun
hom m (definite singular homen, indefinite plural homar, definite plural homane)
- a little vale
References
- “hom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ohm
Old French
Alternative forms
- hum, huem, hon, om, on
Etymology
From Latin homō. The use as a pronoun is a calque of West Germanic (compare Middle High German man, Middle Dutch men).
Noun
hom m
- nominative singular of home (“man”)
Pronoun
hom
- one
Descendants
- French: on
Zuni
Pronoun
hom
- First person singular possessive (medial position)
- my
- First person singular object
- me
Related terms
- ho'
- homma