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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK, US) enPR: hĭm, IPA^(key): /ˈhɪm/, unstressed IPA^(key): /əm/, [ɪ̈m]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪm
• Homophone: hymn,'em for unstressed in some pronunciations.

Pronoun[edit]

him (personal pronoun, objective case)

1. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
   1. With dative effect or as an indirect object. [from 9th c.]
      • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:

        ‘I promise,’ he said as I gave him the papers.

   2. Following a preposition. [from 9th c.]
      • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

        She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak.

   3. With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
      • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House:

        ‘He's got it buttoned in his breast. I saw him put it there.’

2. (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself. [from 9th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XII:

     Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oracion unto them.

   • 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The traveller, or, A prospect of society

     Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,

     He sees his little lot the lot of all;

     [...]

     But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil,

     Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.

3. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. [from 15th c.]
   • 'c. 1616' (493 m), William Shakespeare, Macbeth, First Folio 1623, V.10:

     Before my body, I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, And damn'd be him, that first cries hold, enough.

   • '2003' (611 m), Claire Cozens, The Guardian, 11 Jun 2003:

     Lowe quit the West Wing last year amid rumours that he was unhappy that his co-stars earned more than him.

4. Alternative letter-case form of Him

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

See also[edit]

• he
• his
• her
• them

Noun[edit]

him (plural hims)

1. (informal) A male person.

   I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.

   • Hélène Cixous

     […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]

   • 2004, Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel

     Both hims took a good look at him.

   • 2004, Charles J. Sullivan, Love and Survival, page 68:

     By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?”

Synonyms[edit]

• he

Anagrams[edit]

• HMI

Gayón[edit]

Noun[edit]

him

1. water

References[edit]

• Luis Oramas, Materiales para el estudio de los dialectos Ayamán, Gayón, Jirajara, Ajagua (1916)

Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

him m

1. h-prothesized form of im

Luxembourgish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /him/

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Pronoun[edit]

him

1. third-person masculine singular, dative: him, to him

   Ech baken him e Kuch.

   I'm baking him a cake.

2. third-person neuter singular, dative: her, to her; (rarely: it, to it)

   Hie war gëschter mat him am Kino.

   He went to the cinema with her yesterday.

Usage notes[edit]

• For the use of the neuter for referring to female persons, see hatt.

Declension[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• himm, hym, im, ym, hem, hime, hyme

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English him. Originally a dative form; gradually displaced accusative hine.

Pronoun[edit]

him (nominative he)

1. Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object: him.
2. (reflexive) himself.
3. Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object: it.
4. (impersonal) Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object one, you.

Descendants[edit]

• English: him

See also[edit]

• hine

References[edit]

• “him, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

him

1. Alternative form of hem

References[edit]

• “hem, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Mizo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /him/

Adjective[edit]

him

1. safe
2. unscathed

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• hym, heom, eom

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /him/

Pronoun[edit]

him

1. dative of hē: him
2. dative of hit: it
3. dative of hīe: them

Descendants[edit]

• English: him, 'em

Old Frisian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /hɪm/

Pronoun[edit]

him

1. him

Inflection[edit]

Sursurunga[edit]

Verb[edit]

him

1. to work

Further reading[edit]

• Sursurunga Organised Phonology Data (2011)

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /hɪm/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /(ə)m/

Pronoun[edit]

him

1. object of hy