Etymology : Middle English, from Old English, genitive of hE he
Pronunciation : (h)iz, "hiz
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. feeling. emotion. sense. sensation. feel. sentiment. chord. consciousness.
2. probelonging to a specific male. his\his\ , pron. [as. his of him, his, gen. masc. & neut. of h , neut. hit. see:
he.].
3. belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell john his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete. no comfortable star did lend his light. who can impress the forest, bid the tree unfix his earth-bound root?note: also formerly used in connection with a noun simply as a sign of the possessive. "the king his son." "by young telemachus his blooming years." this his is probably a corruption of the old possessive ending -is or -es, which, being written as a separate word, was at length confounded with the pronoun his.
4. the possessive of he; as, the book is his. "the sea is his, and he made it." xcv. 5.
5. feeling. sense. sentiment.
6. Belonging or pertaining to him; used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
7. The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
8. feeling, emotion, sense, sensation, feel, sentiment, chord, consciousness. "feeling; emotion; sensation; sense". ",-ssi.
9. (a) feeling; (an) emotion.
10. sensation, feeling.
11. a sense (one of the five senses). his lerine kapylmak to be ruled by one´s emotions. his ini vermek to give the impression that.".
12. feeling. emotion. sensation. sentiment. sense. chord. feel. quick.
13. his His is a third person singular possessive determiner. His is also a possessive pronoun.
14. You use his to indicate that something belongs or relates to a man, boy, or male animal. Brian splashed water on his face, then brushed his teeth He spent a large part of his career in Hollywood The dog let his head thump on the floor again. His is also a possessive pronoun. Anna reached out her hand to him and clasped his.
15. In written English, his is sometimes used to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people dislike this use and prefer to use `his or her' or `their'. Formerly, the relations between a teacher and his pupils were dominated by fear on the part of the pupils His is also a possessive pronoun. The student going to art or drama school will be very enthusiastic about further education. His is not a narrow mind, but one eager to grasp every facet of anything he studies. Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to him: If you can't find your hat, take his.