yours

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  2. (informal) Your house or home.
  3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

Têgeh

te

Pircarînî

A1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/jɔː(ɹ)z/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

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