thy

See also: Thy, THY, thŷ, þy, and þý

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: thī, IPA(key): /ðaɪ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Etymology 1

From Middle English thy, thi, apocopated variants of Middle English thine, thyn, thin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“thou”). See thou.

Determiner

thy

  1. (archaic, literary) The possessive form of thou: that belongs to thee; that belongs to you (singular).
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Etymology 2

From Middle English thy (“because, forwhy”), shortened form of for-thy, forthy (“for that”), from Old English for þȳ [þe] (“because [that]”) from for (instrumental preposition) + þȳ (“by that”), instrumental case of þæt. More at the, that.

Conjunction

-

  1. (obsolete) because.

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thy

  1. Alternative form of þi

References

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thy

  1. Alternative form of þe.

References
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