þis

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See also: yis, this, and thîs

Gothic

Romanization

þis

  1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌹𐍃

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English þes, þæs, þēos, þis, þys, all ultimately from inflections of Proto-Germanic *sa (that).

Pronunciation

Determiner

þis (feminine þeos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)

  1. this[3]
Alternative forms

Pronoun

þis (feminine þos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)

  1. this[3]
Alternative forms

Adverb

þis

  1. this[4]
Alternative forms

Descendants

  • English: this
  • Scots: this
  • Yola: this

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 this, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  4. ^ this, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Determiner

þis

  1. Alternative form of þes (these)

Pronoun

þis

  1. Alternative form of þes (these)

Old English

Pronunciation

Determiner

þis

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs

Pronoun

þis

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs