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he.

they (plural, only of people)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

pron/ˈhe/[ˈhe̞]
  1. they (plural, only of people)

    personal
    He tulevat huomenna, jos heille ei ilmaannu estettä.
  2. he, she, one, (singular) they (of a single human being, like hän)

  3. 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.

noun/ˈhe(ː)/[ˈhe̞(ː)]
  1. 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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