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thy¹

  • /ˈðaɪ̯/
  • [ˈðaɪ̯]

Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“thou”). See thou.

determiner

  1. Early, Modern, archaic, dialectal, literary, possessive Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).

    Similar: thine

thy²

  • /ˈðaɪ̯/
  • [ˈðaɪ̯]

Rhymes with -aɪ

conjunction

  1. obsolete Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”). For-thy it round and hollow shaped was, Like to the world itselfe, and seem'd aworld of glass.

Thy³

determiner

  1. honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of thy, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: take, this, ton, tone, tonne, tonnes, your, yer, ya, thine, yourn, yours, y'all's, youse, yers, ur

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det possessive determiner

Españoltu, tuyo
한국어네 ne, 너의 neoui
日本語汝の nanji no, 汝が na ga
中文你的 nǐde
हिन्दीतेरा terā, तुम्हारा tumhārā
Portuguêsteu, tua
Françaiston, ta, tes
Deutschdein, deine
Italianotuo
Русскийтвой tvoj
Tiếng Việtcủa mày, của em
العربيةـك -k
עבריתשלך shelkhá

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@misc{thy_2026,
  title = {thy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}