he.
they (plural, only of people)
Meaning & usage
they (plural, only of people)
He tulevat huomenna, jos heille ei ilmaannu estettä.
he, she, one, (singular) they (of a single human being, like hän)
they (in indirect speech: referring to the subjects of the main clause, regardless of whether they are human beings or not, i.e. logophoric pronoun)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *hek, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sej (compare Northern Sami sii, Erzya сынь (sïń), Northern Khanty [script needed] (ᴧĭw)). The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (het). See hän for more details on history of usage.
he (fifth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Where this word comes from
From Phoenician 𐤄 (h) and/or Biblical Hebrew ה.
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