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his | xyr | Hyponyms |

His is a hyponym of xyr.


As a noun his

is b sharp.

As a pronoun xyr is

(nonstandard|possessive) belonging to xe, their (singular).

his

English

(wikipedia his)

Determiner

  • Belonging to him.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , IV.i:
    • 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.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his' man would be there with a message to say that ' his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • * 2011 , Xan Rice, The Guardian , 8 Apr 2011:
    • In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.
  • (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
  • *, II.2:
    • My stomacke could not well reach so farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his need.
  • * 1611 , Matthew 5:13, King James Version:
    • Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
  • (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'' for ''Ahab's mark .

    Usage notes

    * When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective , qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Pronoun

  • That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
    • The decision was his to live with.

    • See also

    * he * her * hers * him * hisn

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    xyr

    English

    (wikipedia xyr)

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (nonstandard, possessive) Belonging to xe, their (singular).
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 1993-09-14 , first = Jim , last = Sinclair , title = Re: Jim and Steve's snoring discussion , newsgroup = bit.listserv.autism , id = AUTISM%93091417074261@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU , url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups
  • !msg/bit.listserv.autism/2pyrOMzt_nQ/5J-RU5P3hnIJ
    • , passage = Telepathy would require that you share the other person's knowledge of xyr own mind, which in turn requires recognizing that xe is actually aware of what xe's thinking, which is incompatible with psychiatry. }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 1999-04-28 , first = Dagmar , last = Alpen , title = Re: Think of a small tribe of people... , newsgroup = talk.politics.libertarian , id = 7g74qb$8sq$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de , url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups
  • !msg/talk.politics.libertarian/Wxi8N4PwnW0/yRrhhmYAGygJ
    • , passage = Now full ownership in the modern sense... implies four rights of the owner: 1. The right to decide what xe does with xyr' property; 2. the right to decide what others do with ' xyr property; }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2010-11-05 , title = Re: Spam in the group. , first = Kevin G. , last = Rhoads , newsgroup = openwatcom.users.fortran , id = 4CD469A3.3985E10C@alum.mit.edu , url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups
  • !msg/openwatcom.users.fortran/Nd89_KSP95w/jA5HuVToEPcJ
    • , passage = There's no central authority, and each server administrator owns xyr' own server sets '''xyr''' own policy. Each server administrator sets ' xyr own policy for honouring cancel messages, too. }}
    This is xyr book.
  • The form of xe used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc; similar usage to him/her.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 1996-09-12 , title = Re: Intelligent Women are an endangered Species , first = Thomas , last = Russo , newsgroup = soc.singles , id = RUSSO.96Sep12163146@slug.swcp.com , url = https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups
  • !msg/soc.singles/MOAZWN7J184/NnuIL8s-UUQJ
    • , passage = As far as I'm concerned the constitution should be re-written so that anyone capable of being elected is ushered into a hidden room upon inauguration, where a secret panel of the Illuminati (preferably one chaired by me) beat xyr' to death with blunt instruments and replace ' xyr by a Stepford Politician. }}
    Give it to xyr'' (''after preposition )
    I wrote xyr an e-mail'' (''indirect object )
    I haven't met xyr'' (''direct object )

    Synonyms

    * (singular) their * (neologism) eir, hir

    Hyponyms

    * his, her

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns English third person pronouns