thee

Reikšmė (English)

Pron

1. Objective and reflexive case of thou.
2. Thou.

Verb

1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
2. 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

Synonyms

you

thou

thyself

to you

ye

yourself

to thee

SG

U

U

yer

thy

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ðiː/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Vidurio Anglijos: þe

Inherited from senoji anglų: þē

Cognate with Saterlendo fryzų: die

Cognate with vakarų fryzų: dy

Cognate with vokiečių: dir

Cognate with islandų: þér

In summary

From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), 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.