его — meaning in English

English meaning

• him pron The object form of "he" — used for a male person or animal already mentioned.
• his determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
• it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
• its det Belonging to it.

Senses

его is used for these senses in English:

• him With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
• his Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
• his That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
• it The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
• its Belonging to it. [from 16th c.]
• its The one (or ones) belonging to it. [from 17th c.]

his — full definition

1. determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
2. pronoun The thing or things belonging to him (used without a following noun).

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