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Old English · pronoun

hwa

Normalised hwā

Part of speech
pronoun
IPA
/xwɑː/
[ʍɑː]
Syllables
xwɑː (1 syllable)
Modern English
whowheinterrogativeanyone

Meaning

  1. who (interrogative)

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 5:13

    The one that was healed didn't know who it was: Jesus had truly withdrawn from the crowd.

  2. anyone

  3. someone

Inflection

Inflection of hwa
Form
Nominative masculine feminine hwā
Nominative neuter hwæt
Accusative masculine feminine hwone
Accusative neuter hwæt
Genitive hwæs
Dative hwāmhwǣm
Instrumental hwȳhwon

All forms (8)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.

Descendants

whe, who

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