thine

See also: Thine

English

Etymology

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: thīn, IPA(key): /ðaɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Determiner

thine

  1. (archaic, Early Modern) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

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Pronoun

thine

  1. (archaic, Early Modern) Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.
    • 1996, Weird Al Yankovic, “Amish Paradise”, in Bad Hair Day:
      But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699

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Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhinʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈhinʲi/[1]

Noun

thine

  1. lenited form of tine

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 226

Middle English

Determiner

thine (subjective pronoun þou)

  1. alternative form of þin (thy)

Pronoun

thine (subjective þou)

  1. alternative form of þin (thine)