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ها

her /ˈhaː/

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Also: it (feminine), hers, its

Example sentences

هذا كتابها.
This is her book.
رأيتها في الحديقة.
I saw her in the garden.
أحب صوتها كثيرا.
I like her voice a lot.
سألتها عن رأيها في الفيلم.
I asked her about her opinion on the film.
لم أجدها في مكانها المعتاد.
I did not find her in her usual place.
قابلتها صدفة فحدثتها عن مشاريعها الجديدة.
I met her by chance, so I told her about her new projects.

Word family

هhis, him (3rd masc. sing. suffix)
همtheir, them (3rd masc. plural suffix)
هنtheir, them (3rd fem. plural suffix)
هيshe (independent 3rd fem. sing. pronoun)

Etymology

ها is the Arabic third person feminine singular pronominal suffix, inherited from Proto-Semitic *-hā. It attaches to nouns to mark possession and to verbs and prepositions to mark the object. Related forms run across the Semitic family.

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