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Middle English
- yours, youris, yourys, yowres, yowris, yowrys, yourez, yurs, ȝoures, ȝoures, ȝouris, ȝourys, ȝowres, ȝowrs, ȝowris, ȝowrys, ȝowers, ȝores, ȝures, ȝuris, ȝhurs, eowræs
Etymology
From your + -es.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
youres (nominative ye)
- Second-person plural possessive pronoun: yours (plural).
- (formal) Second-person singular possessive pronoun: yours (singular).
- Used determinatively with a plural referent: your.
1475, Brome Abraham and Isaac:
Synonyms
Descendants
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
nominative
|
accusative
|
dative
|
genitive
|
possessive
|
singular
|
1st-person
|
I, ich, ik
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me |
min mi1 |
min
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2nd-person
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þou
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þe |
þin þi1 |
þin
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3rd-person
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m
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he |
him hine2 |
him |
his |
his hisen
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f
|
sche, heo |
hire heo
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hire |
hire hires, hiren
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n
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hit |
hit him2 |
his, hit |
—
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dual3
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1st-person
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wit
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unk
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unker
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2nd-person
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ȝit
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inc
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inker
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plural
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1st-person
|
we
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us, ous |
oure |
oure oures, ouren
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2nd-person4
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ye
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yow |
your |
your youres, youren
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3rd-person
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inh.
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he |
hem he2 |
hem |
here |
here heres, heren
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bor.
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þei
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þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir þeires, þeiren
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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.
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