him
A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical objectA masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.: With dative effect or as an indirect object.
Meaning
8 sensesA masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
(objective, personal, pronoun)With dative effect or as an indirect object.
ihm
ему́jemú
йому́jomú
(objective, personal, pronoun)Following a preposition.
(objective, personal, pronoun)With accusative effect or as a direct object.
ihn
его́jevó
його́johó
(colloquial, objective, personal, pronoun, uncommon)As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
Now him and Bernie are best friends.
He released a [statement] warning that him and 25,000 troops were going to stage a coup.
(objective, personal, pronoun)Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
Who was there? —Him.
Who did this? —Him. He did it. (or:) It was him. He did it.)
(objective, personal, pronoun)With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
(objective, personal, pronoun, slang)A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.
Stop trying that, you're not him bro.
Bro thinks he's him.
(archaic, objective, personal, pronoun)Used reflexively: (to) himself.
Examples
44923 sentencesYou must pay attention to him.
Ти повинен звертати на нього увагу. — uaspeaker
ruТы должен обращать на него внимание. — Hellerick
deDu musst ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenken. — Vortarulo
You should tell him the truth.
Ти повинен розповісти йому правду. — deniko
ruТы должен был сказать ему правду. — shanghainese
deIhr solltet ihm die Wahrheit sagen. — MUIRIEL
Have you ever seen him swimming?
Ти колись бачила, як він плаває? — Ahha
ruТы когда-нибудь видела, как он плавает? — al_ex_an_der
deHast du ihn schon schwimmen sehen? — MikeDee
We appointed him as our representative.
Ми призначили його нашим представником. — deniko
ruМы назначили его нашим представителем. — Biga
deWir ernannten ihn zu unserem Vertreter. — raggione
We all suspect him of murder.
Ми всі підозрюємо його у вбивстві. — deniko
ruМы все подозреваем его в убийстве. — marafon
deWir alle verdächtigen ihn des Mordes. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to tFrom 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).
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