thee

Signification (Anglais)

Pron

1. (archaic, literary, objective, second-person, singular) Objective and reflexive case of thou.
2. (archaic, dialectal, objective, second-person, singular) Thou.

Verb

1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
2. (intransitive) To use the word thee.

Verb

To thrive; prosper.

Noun

The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

Article

Alternative spelling of the.

Concepts

te

toi

t’

vous

tu

à toi

Synonymes

you

thou

thyself

to you

ye

yourself

to thee

SG

U

yer

thy

Traductions

je

jou

tu

ti

te

naar je

ti

aan jou

aan je

u

te

naar jou

du

naar u

dir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ðiː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: þe

Hérité de ancien anglais: þē

Appartenant à saterlandais: die

Appartenant à frison occidental: dy

Appartenant à allemand: dir

Appartenant à islandais: þér

In summary

From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.