his
Belonging to himBelonging to him.
» Each student has expressed his opinion.
Каждый студент высказал своё мнение. — odexed
Кожний студент висловив свою думку. — aandrusiak
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4 sensesBelonging to him.
sein, n, seine
его́jevó, свойsvoj
його́johó, свійsvij
(dated, sometimes)Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
(obsolete)Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
(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.
Ahab his mark
Sejanus his Fall
Examples
86720 sentencesEach student has expressed his opinion.
Кожний студент висловив свою думку. — aandrusiak
ruКаждый студент высказал своё мнение. — odexed
We are sorry for his mistake.
Ми перепрошуємо за його помилку. — deniko
ruМы сожалеем о его ошибке. — fjay69
We received word of his death.
Нас сповістили про його смерть. — shanghainese
ruМы получили извещение о его смерти. — sharptoothed
deWir erhielten Nachricht von seinem Tod. — Hans_Adler
He makes his living by singing.
Він заробляє на життя співами. — aandrusiak
ruОн зарабатывает на жизнь пением. — marafon
deEr verdient seinen Lebensunterhalt mit Singen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Did Tom help his mother yesterday?
Том учора допомагав мамі? — deniko
ruТом помог своей матери вчера? — sharptoothed
deHat Tom gestern seiner Mutter geholfen? — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hes, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“ofFrom Middle English hes, 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.
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