هو
العربية
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هو¹
- /hu.wa/ Arabic, Standard
- /hu.wah/
- /huː/
- /wa.hu.wa/
- /wah.wa/
- /fa.hu.wa/
- /fah.wa/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šuʔa.
pronoun هُوَ · huwa · ـهُ · ـهِ
- he (subject pronoun)
- it (subject pronoun, referring to inanimate nouns of masculine gender)
- having a copulative effect, usually inserted when both the مُبْتَدَأ (mubtadaʔ) and خَبَر (ḵabar) are definite. اَلْوَقْت هُوَ اَلْمَال.
هو²
- /hu.wa/
Where it comes from
From هُوَ (huwa, “it”), calqued from German Es, possibly through Latin id.
noun هُوَ · huwa · الْهُوَ
- id
In English
Talk about this word "هو." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%88. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. هو. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%88 "هو." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%88.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {هو},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%88},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
