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See also: Thi,
thi,
thi-,
thì,
thí,
thī,
Thị,
thị,
ʈʰi,
thĩ,
thî, and þí
Middle English
Etymology 1
An apocopic form of þin, þine, thyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.
- they, thi, thy, ti, ty, þei, þey, þhi, þy, yi, yhi
Pronunciation
- (stressed) IPA(key): /θiː/, /ðiː/
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /ði/[1][2]
- (after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA(key): /tiː/, /ti/
Determiner
þi (nominative pronoun þou)
- second-person singular possessive determiner: thy, your[3]
Usage notes
When followed by a word starting with a vowel or h-, þin or one of its variants is typically used.
Descendants
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
|
nominative
|
accusative
|
dative
|
genitive
|
possessive
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| singular
|
1st-person
|
I, ich, ik
|
me |
min
mi1 |
min
|
| 2nd-person
|
þou
|
þe |
þin
þi1 |
þin
|
| 3rd-person
|
m
|
he |
him
hine2 |
him |
his |
his
hisen
|
| f
|
sche, heo |
hire
heo
|
hire |
hire
hires, hiren
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| n
|
hit |
hit
him2 |
his, hit |
—
|
| dual3
|
1st-person
|
wit
|
unk
|
unker
|
| 2nd-person
|
ȝit
|
inc
|
inker
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| plural
|
1st-person
|
we
|
us, ous |
oure |
oure
oures, ouren
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| 2nd-person4
|
ye
|
yow |
your |
your
youres, youren
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| 3rd-person
|
inh.
|
he |
hem
he2 |
hem |
here |
here
heres, heren
|
| bor.
|
þei
|
þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir
þeires, þeiren
|
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- ^ Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
- ^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
- ^ “thin, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Determiner
þi
- (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“the”)
Etymology 3
Pronoun
þi
- Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Etymology 4
Pronoun
þi
- Alternative form of þei (“they”)
Etymology 5
Adverb
þi
- Alternative form of þe (“the”)
Etymology 6
Noun
þi (plural þies)
- Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)
Old English
Article
þī
- Alternative form of þȳ
Determiner
þī
- Alternative form of þȳ
Pronoun
þī
- Alternative form of þȳ