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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024thou1 /ðaʊ/USA pronunciation pron., sing., [nom.] thou* poss. thy or thine;
obj. thee;
pl., [nom.] you or ye;
poss. your or yours;
obj. you or ye;
- [Archaic](except in some prayers). The pronoun used for the person being spoken to (or for God as the address of a prayer), when the person is singular and the subject of the sentence:Thou supportest the fallen, healest the sick, and releasest those who are in bondage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thou1 (ᵺou),USA pronunciation pron., sing., [nom.] thou* poss. thy or thine;
obj. thee;
pl., [nom.] you or ye;
poss. your or yours;
obj. you or ye;
v.
pron. - [Archaic](except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose) the personal pronoun of the second person singular in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed):Thou shalt not kill.
- (used by the Friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.
v.t. - to address as "thou.''
v.i. - to use "thou'' in discourse.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English thū; cognate with German, Middle Dutch du, Old Norse thū, Gothic thu, Old Irish tú, Welsh, Cornish ti, Latin tū, Doric Greek tý, Lithuanian tù, Old Church Slavonic ty; akin to Sanskrit tvam; (verb, verbal) late Middle English thowen, derivative of the pronoun
- Slang Termsone thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thou /ðaʊ/ pron (subjective)- archaic dialect refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
- (usually capital) refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc
Etymology: Old English thū; related to Old Saxon thū, Old High German du, Old Norse thū, Latin tū, Doric Greek tu thou /θaʊ/ n ( pl thous, thou)- one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
- informal
short for thousand
thine /ðaɪn/USA pronunciation pron. - (used after the verb be or sometimes after a noun) the form of the pronoun thou that is used to show possession:It is thine; the glory thine.
- the form of the pronoun thou used before a noun beginning with a vowel or vowel sound:thine honor.Compare thy.
- that which belongs to thee:Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ye1 /yi/USA pronunciation pron. - [Archaic](except in church writing or prayers ) or Brit. Dialect.
- (used as the plural of thou, or the plural of you): O ye of little faith.
- (used to mean you in the singular, esp. in polite address):Do ye not know me?
- (used as an object form for you in the singular or plural):I have something to tell ye.
- (used as a mild oath or the like):Ye gods and little fishes!
ye2 /ði; spelling pron. yi/USA pronunciation definite article. [Archaic.]- the1:Ye olde taverne.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thine (ᵺīn),USA pronunciation pron. - the possessive case of thou used as a predicate adjective, after a noun or without a noun.
- the possessive case of thou used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a vowel or vowel sound:thine eyes; thine honor.Cf. thy.
- that which belongs to thee:Thine is the power and the glory.
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English thīn; cognate with Old Norse thinn, Gothic theins; see thou
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ye1 (yē),USA pronunciation pron. - [Archaic](except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose), Literary, or Brit. Dial.
- (used nominatively as the plural of thou, esp. in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):O ye of little faith; ye brooks and hills.
- (used nominatively for the second person singular, esp. in polite address):Do ye not know me?
- (used objectively in the second person singular or plural):I have something to tell ye. Arise, the enemy is upon ye!
- (used with mock seriousness in an invocation, mild oath, or the like):Ye gods and little fishes!
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English gē; cognate with Dutch gij, German ihr, Old Norse ēr, Gothic jus
- the1.
The word ye2, as in Ye Olde Booke Shoppe, is simply an archaic spelling of the definite article the. The use of the letter Y was a printer's adaptation of the thorn, þ, the character in the Old English alphabet representing the th- sounds (th) and (ᵺ) in Modern English; Y was the closest symbol in the Roman alphabet. Originally, the form would have been rendered as yͤ or ye. The pronunciation (yē)USA pronunciation today is a spelling pronunciation. |