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{{also|Him|hím|HIM|H.I.M.|him-}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|2||Western Pahari languages}}

==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|him}}, from {{inh|en|ang|him}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*himmai|t=to this, to this one}}. Cognate with {{cog|stq|him|t=him}}, {{cog|fy|him|t=him}}, Sylt {{cog|frr|ham}}, {{m|frr|höm|t=him}}, {{cog|nl|hem|t=him}}, {{cog|nds-de|hum}}, {{m|nds-de|hüm}}, {{m|nds-de|em|t=him}}, {{cog|de|ihm|t=him|pos=dative}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|hĭm|a=UK,US}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈhɪm/}}, unstressed {{IPA|en|/əm/|[ɪ̈m]}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-him.ogg|a=US}}
* {{homophones|en|hymn}},[['em]] for unstressed in some pronunciations.
* {{rhymes|en|ɪm|s=1}}

===Pronoun===
{{en-pron|desc=personal pronoun, objective case}}

# {{non-gloss|A masculine pronoun; [[he]] as a grammatical object.}}
## With [[dative]] effect or as an indirect object. {{defdate|from 9th c.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/A_pistle_to_the_Ch_riste_n_reader_The_Re/Vb07AAAAcAAJ|author=w:John Frith|title=A piſtle to the Chriſten reader{{...}}|year=1529|passage={{...}}therfoꝛ Chꝛiſt '''wold''' not call '''him''' abominable / But the verye abomination it ſilf.}}
##* {{RQ:Stoker Dracula|text=‘I promise,’ he said as I gave '''him''' the papers.}}
## Following a [[preposition]]. {{defdate|from 9th c.}}
##* {{RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice|text=She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to '''him''' she had hardly courage to speak.}}
## With [[accusative]] effect or as a direct object. {{defdate|from 12th c.}}
##* {{RQ:Dickens Bleak House|text=‘He's got it buttoned in his breast. I saw '''him''' put it there.’}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} {{non-gloss|As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.}}
#: {{ux|en|Now '''him''' and Bernie are best friends.}}
#: {{ux|en|Released a [statement] warning that '''him''' and 25,000 troops were going to stage a coup.}}
# {{lb|en|now|rare}} Used [[reflexively]]: (to) [[himself]]. {{defdate|from 9th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Acts|XII|text=Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed '''hym''' in royall apparell, and set '''hym''' in his seate, and made an oracion unto them.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1765|author=[[s:Author:Oliver Goldsmith|Oliver Goldsmith]]|title=[[s:The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society|The traveller, or, A prospect of society]]
|passage=Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,<br>He sees his little lot the lot of all;<br>[...]<br>But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil,<br>Each wish contracting, fits '''him''' to the soil.}}
# With [[nominative]] effect: [[he]], especially as a predicate after {{m|en|be}}, or following a preposition. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|V|10|text=Before my body, I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, And damn'd be '''him''', that first cries hold, enough.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Claire Cozens|journal=The Guardian|date=11 Jun 2003
|passage=Lowe quit the West Wing last year amid rumours that he was unhappy that his co-stars earned more than '''him'''.}}
# {{senseid|en|impressive}} {{lb|en|slang}} A person of elevated skill at a [[sport#Noun|sport]], [[game#Noun|game]], or other [[activity#Noun|activity]].
#: {{ux|en|Stop trying that, you're not '''him''' bro.}}
#: {{ux|en|Bro thinks he's '''him'''.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=u/baggypantsman|title=Super Mario 64 - 0 Star in 6:16 by Suigi|site=w:Reddit|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/17ghh2r/comment/k6gnaxd/|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/tr3TO|archivedate=23 December 2023|location=r/speedrun|date=25 October 2023|passage=Watched this one live, he randomly got it less than an hour into the stream while derusting for PACE. He's just '''him'''.}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|jam|im}}
* {{desc|pis|hem}}
* {{desc|pis|-im}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|dative / indirect object}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ـهُ|m}}, {{t+|ar|ـهِ|m}}, {{t|ar|إِيَّاهُ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|նրան}}, {{t+|hy|իրեն}}
*: Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|նմա}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|яму́}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|mu}}, {{t+|cs|jemu}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hem}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|al}}, {{t+|eo|li}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|häntä}}, {{t+|fi|hänelle}}, {{t+|fi|häneen}}, {{t+|fi|hänestä}}, {{t+|fi|häneksi}} {{qualifier|choice of case depends on context}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lui}}
* German: {{t+|de|ihm}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{qual|personal pronouns}} {{t|grc|αὐτῷ}}, {{t|grc|οἷ}}; {{qual|medial, proximal, distal demonstratives}} {{t|grc|τούτῳ}}, {{t|grc|τῷδε}}, {{t|grc|ἐκείνῳ}}; {{qual|Epic demonstratives}} {{t|grc|τῷ}}, {{t|grc|ᾧ}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|उसे|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|neki}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gli}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|eī}}, {{t|la|illī}}, {{t+|la|istī}}, {{t+|la|huic}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|му}}, {{qualifier|long form}} {{t+|mk|нему}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|ham}}
* Old English: {{t+|ang|him}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|jemu}}, {{t+|pl|mu}} {{qualifier|mute form}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lhe}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lui}} {{qualifier|stressed form}}, {{t|ro|îi}} {{qualifier|unstressed form}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ему́}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|ci}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|mu}}, {{t+|sk|jemu}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|jomu}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|le}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ona}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|йому́}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|lyi}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|him}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|ayrê|f}}, {{t|zza|eyrê|m}}
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{{trans-top|objective after preposition}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ـهُ|m}}, {{t+|ar|ـهِ|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|mu}}, {{t+|cs|jemu}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hem}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|li}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|häntä}}, {{t+|fi|hänelle}}, {{t+|fi|häneen}}, {{t+|fi|hänestä}}, {{t+|fi|häneksi}} {{qualifier|choice of case depends on context}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lui}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{qual|after preposition that governs accusative}} {{t|grc|αὐτόν}}, {{t|grc|ἕ}}, {{t|grc|τοῦτον}}, {{t|grc|τόνδε}}, {{t|grc|ἐκεῖνον}}, {{t|grc|τόν}}, {{t|grc|ὅν}}; {{qual|after preposition that governs dative}} {{t|grc|αὐτῷ}}, {{t|grc|οἷ}}, {{t|grc|τούτῳ}}, {{t|grc|τῷδε}}, {{t|grc|ἐκείνῳ}}, {{t|grc|τῷ}}, {{t|grc|ᾧ}}; {{qual|after preposition that governs genitive}} {{t|grc|αὐτοῦ}}, {{t|grc|οὗ}}, {{t|grc|τούτου}}, {{t|grc|τοῦδε}}, {{t|grc|ἐκείνου}}, {{t|grc|τοῦ}}
* Irish:
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|id-}}, {{t|sga|did-}}, {{t|sga|d-}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lui}}
* Latin: {{qualifier|after preposition that governs the accusative}} {{t+|la|eum}}, {{t|la|illum}}, {{t+|la|hunc}}, {{t|la|istum}}; {{qualifier|after preposition that governs the dative}} {{t+|la|eī}}, {{t|la|illī}}, {{t+|la|huic}}, {{t+|la|istī}}; {{qualifier|after preposition that governs ablative}} {{t+|la|eō}}, {{t|la|illō}}, {{t+|la|hōc}}, {{t|la|istō}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|му}} {{qualifier|short form}}, {{t+|mk|нему}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|niego}}, {{t|pl|niemu}} {{qualifier|only after [[ku]], [[przeciw]], [[przeciwko]] and [[dzięki]]}}, {{t+|pl|nim}} {{qualifier|only after locative prepositions}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ele}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|nemu}}, {{t+|sk|neho}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|njomu}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|él}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|lu}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|him}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|ye|c1|alt=-ye}} {{qualifier|most common}}, {{t|zu|wo|c3|alt=-wo}}, {{t|zu|lo|c5|alt=-lo}}, {{t|zu|so|c7|alt=-so}}, {{t|zu|yo|c9|alt=-yo}}, {{t|zu|lo|c11|alt=-lo}}
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{{trans-top|accusative / direct object}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|ـهُ|m}}, {{t+|ar|ـهِ|m}}, {{t|ar|إِيَّاهُ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|նրան}}, {{t+|hy|իրեն}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|яго́}}
* Belizean Creole: {{t|bzj|ahn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ho}}, {{t+|cs|jeho}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hem}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|lin}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hänet}}, {{t+|fi|häntä}} {{qualifier|choice of case depends on context}}
* French: {{t+|fr|le}}
* German: {{t+|de|ihn}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|αὐτόν}}, {{t|grc|ἕ}}, {{t|grc|τοῦτον}}, {{t|grc|τόνδε}}, {{t|grc|ἐκεῖνον}}, {{t|grc|τόν}}, {{t|grc|ὅν}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אותו|tr=otó|sc=Hebr}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|őt}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|é}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|a-}}, {{t|sga|id-}}, {{t|sga|did-}}, {{t|sga|d-}}, {{t|sga|-i}}, {{t|sga|-it}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lo}}
* Judeo-Italian: {{t|itk|אֵיסוֹ|tr=ʾeso|ts=esso}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|eum}}, {{t|la|illum}}, {{t|la|istum}}, {{t+|la|hunc}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|го}} {{qualifier|short form}}, {{t+|mk|него}} {{qualifier|long form}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അവൻ}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|ham}}
* Old English: {{t+|ang|hine}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|jego}}, {{t+|pl|go}} {{qualifier|mute form}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|o}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|el|alt=(pe) el}} {{qualifier|stressed form}}, {{t|ro|îl}} {{qualifier|unstressed form}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|его́}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|ho}}, {{t+|sk|jeho}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|jogo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|lo}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|వాణ్ని}}, {{t|te|అతణ్ని}}, {{t|te|ఆయన్ని}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|onu}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|його́}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|li}} {{qualifier|between 2 consonants}}, {{t+|wa|el}} {{qualifier|between 2 consonants}}, {{t+|wa|l'}} {{qualifier|before or after vowel; the 3 placed before verb}}, {{t+|wa|lu}} {{qualifier|imperative, after verb}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|ko}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|ayer|f}}, {{t|zza|eyer|m}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|yena|c1}} {{qualifier|most common}}, {{t|zu|wona|c3}}, {{t|zu|lona|c5}}, {{t|zu|sona|c7}}, {{t|zu|yona|c9}}, {{t|zu|lona|c11}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|he}}

{{trans-see|himself}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Albanian: {{t+check|sq|atij}}
* Danish: {{t+check|da|ham}}
* Greenlandic: {{t-check|kl|una}}
* Guaraní: {{t-check|gn|i}}
* Hindi: {{t+check|hi|इस}}, {{t+check|hi|उस}}
* Hopi: {{t-check|hop|put}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|il}}, {{t+check|io|ilu}}
* Interlingua: {{qualifier|direct/indirect object}} {{t+check|ia|le}}, {{qualifier|after preposition}} {{t+check|ia|ille}}
* Japanese: {{t+check|ja|彼|sc=Jpan}}
* Low German: {{t+check|nds|em}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{t-check|nay|kin}}
* Norwegian: {{t+check|no|ham}}, {{t+check|no|han}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|le}}, a {{t+check|es|el}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|honom}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|i}}
* Welsh: {{t-check|cy|fe}}
* West Frisian: {{t-check|fy|him}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
{{English personal pronouns}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|he}}
* {{l|en|his}}
* {{l|en|her}}
* {{l|en|them}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|informal}} A male person or animal.
#: {{syn|en|he}}
#: {{ux|en|I think this bird is a '''him''', but it may be a her.}}
#* '''1985''', {{w|Hélène Cixous}}, ''Sorties'' (translated)
#*: {{...}} daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the '''hims''' and hers whom she inhabits {{...}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=w:Tom Wolfe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jCQZwLPJpJoC&pg=PT487&dq=%22hims%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSvJaNtuzPAhUK-mMKHcdfAKo4MhDoAQggMAE#v=onepage&q=%22hims%22&f=false|title=I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel
|passage=Both '''hims''' took a good look at him.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=Charles J. Sullivan|title=Love and Survival|page=68|passage=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?”}}

===References===
* {{R:KYM|Bro Thinks He's Him / I'm Him|https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bro-thinks-hes-him-im-him}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=him|mi/h|HMI}}

{{cln|en|personal pronouns|third person pronouns}}

==Gayón==

===Noun===
{{head|sai-gay|noun}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* Luis Oramas, ''Materiales para el estudio de los dialectos Ayamán, Gayón, Jirajara, Ajagua'' (1916)

==Irish==

===Noun===
{{head|ga|mutated noun|g=m}}

# {{h-prothesis of|ga|im}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/him/}}
* {{audio|lb|lb-him.ogg}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|lb|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# ''third-person masculine singular, dative'': [[him#English|him]], to him
#: {{ux|lb|Ech baken '''him''' e Kuch.|I'm baking '''him''' a cake.}}
# ''third-person neuter singular, dative'': [[her]], to her; (rarely: [[it]], to it)
#: {{ux|lb|Hie war gëschter mat '''him''' am Kino.|He went to the cinema with '''her''' yesterday.}}

====Usage notes====
* For the use of the neuter for referring to female persons, see {{m|lb|hatt}}.

====Declension====
{{lb-decl-personal pronouns}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|enm|ang|him}}. Originally a [[dative]] form; gradually displaced [[accusative]] {{m|enm|hine}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|himm|hym|im|ym|hime|hyme|hem}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|enm|pronoun|nominative|he}}

# {{senseid|enm|him}} {{n-g|Third-person singular masculine pronoun indicating a grammatical object:}} {{l|en|him}}.
# {{lb|enm|reflexive|nocat=1}} [[himself]].
#* {{RQ:Judas|lines=36-37|Stille þou be peter. Wel i þe icnowe. / þou wolt fur ſake me þrien . ar þe coc '''him''' crowe.|"Quiet now, Peter. I know you well; / You'll forsake me three times when the cock crows ('''himself''')."}}
# {{n-g|Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object:}} {{l|en|it}}.
# {{lb|enm|impersonal|nocat=1}} {{n-g|Third-person singular neuter pronoun indicating a grammatical object}} {{l|en|one}}, [[you]].

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|him}}
* {{desc|yol|him|alts=1}}

=====See also=====
{{enm-decl-personal pronouns}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry= him|pos=pron|id=MED20803 |accessdate=6 May 2018}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronoun====
{{head|enm|pronoun}}

# {{alt form|enm|hem|t=them|id=them}}

==Mizo==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lus|/him/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|lus|adjective}}

# [[safe]]
# [[unscathed]]

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/hiːm/}}

===Adverb===
{{nn-adv}}

# {{lb|nn|dialectal}} {{alt form|nn|nocap=1|heim}}

==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|hym|heom|eom}}
* {{alter|ang|heom||Mercian}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|him}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|ang|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|ang|hē||dat}}: [[#English|him]]
# {{inflection of|ang|hit||dat}}: [[it]]
# {{inflection of|ang|hīe||dat}}: [[them]]

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|him|noalts=1}}
* {{desctree|enm|hem|noalts=1}}

==Old Frisian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ofs|/hɪm/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|ofs|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|ofs|hī||dat}}; [[#English|him]]

====Inflection====
{{ofs-decl-ppron}}

==Saterland Frisian==

===Etymology===
{{nonlemma}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|stq|/hɪm/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|stq|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|stq|hie||oblique}}; [[#English|him]]

====See also====
{{stq-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:stq:SW}}

==Sursurunga==

===Verb===
{{head|sgz|verb}}

# to [[work]]

===Further reading===
* ''Sursurunga Organised Phonology Data'' (2011)

==West Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fy|ofs|him}}, from {{der|fy|gem-pro|*himmai}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fy|/hɪm/}}
* {{IPA|fy|/(ə)m/|a=unstressed}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|fy|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|fy|hy||obj}}

==Yola==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|yol|ham|em}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|yol|enm|him}}, from {{inh|yol|ang|him}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|yol|/hiːm/|qq=as if spelled {{m|yol||haim}}}}
* {{IPA|yol|/iːm/}}
* {{homophones|yol|hime}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|yol|pronoun}}

# {{l|en|him}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=SONG|number=3|page=108|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Shoo zent '''him''' o' die.|translation=She sent '''him''' one day.}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=SONG|number=6|page=108|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=Shoo zent '''him''' anoor die a gozleen to keep;|translation=She sent '''him''' another day the goslings to keep;}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|yol|w'eeme}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=108}}