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هما
هما
Arabic
Pronoun
هُمَا • (humā) m du, f du (enclitic form ـهُمَا (-humā) or ـهِمَا (-himā))
- they both, the two of them (masculine or feminine dual subject pronoun)
Suffix
ـهُمَا or ـهِمَا • (-humā or -himā) m du, f du (enclitic form of هُمَا (humā))
See also
Arabic personal pronouns
| Isolated pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | أَنَا (ʾanā) | نَحْنُ (naḥnu) | ||
| 2nd person | m | أَنْتَ (ʾanta) | أَنْتُمَا (ʾantumā)* | أَنْتُمْ (ʾantum) |
| f | أَنْتِ (ʾanti) | أَنْتُنَّ (ʾantunna)* | ||
| 3rd person | m | هُوَ (huwa) | هُمَا (humā)* | هُمْ (hum) |
| f | هِيَ (hiya) | هُنَّ (hunna)* | ||
| Enclitic pronouns | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person | ـنِي (-nī)/ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya)** | ـنَا (-nā) | ||
| 2nd person | m | ـكَ (-ka) | ـكُمَا (-kumā) | ـكُم (-kum) |
| f | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُنَّ (-kunna) | ||
| 3rd person | m | ـهُ (-hu)/ـهِ (-hi)*** | ـهُمَا (-humā)/ـهِمَا (-himā)*** | ـهُم (-hum)/ـهِم (-him)*** |
| f | ـهَا (-hā) | ـهُنَّ (-hunna)/ـهِنَّ (-hinna)*** | ||
| * Modern Standard Arabic avoids these pronouns, though they are used in Classical Arabic. ** Specifically, ـنِي (-nī) 'me' is attached to verbs, but ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya) 'my' is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـي (-ī)/ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of "me" (rather than "my"). The "sisters of inna" can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (innanī) or إِنِّي (innī)), but the longer form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (innanī)) is usually preferred. *** ـهُـ (-hu-) occurs after the vowels ending in u or a (-a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw), while ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after vowels ending in i (-i, -ī, -ay). | ||||
Persian
Etymology
From earlier همای (homây), from Middle Persian hwmʾy (humāy).
Noun
هما • (homâ)
Proper noun
هما • (homâ)
- A female given name Homa