Definizione monolingua

his

his n.

1. genitive singular indefinite of hi

his possessive pronoun

1. (attributive) 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.

   • 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.

2. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 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?

3. (archaic) Used erroneously in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in s, to express the possessive case.

   Ahab his mark for Ahabs mark.

Definizione dizionario his

	suo
	attributive: belonging to him
	Appartenente a lui.
	Belonging to him.

	i suoi
	that which belongs to him

	il suo
	that which belongs to him

	la sua
	that which belongs to him

	le sue
	that which belongs to him

	sua
	attributive: belonging to him

	sue
	attributive: belonging to him

	suoi
	attributive: belonging to him

al suo

di ella

di lui

loro

proprio

Altri significati:

(attributive) Belonging to him.

(obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) [11th-17th c.]

(archaic) Used erroneously in place of '''’s''' after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in '''s''' , to express the possessive case.

That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.