Standard Lemma guide

thy

conj · det · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈðaɪ̯/
  • [ˈðaɪ̯]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: DH AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

conj

Meaning 1

Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

det

Meaning 2

Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Early, Modern, archaic, dialectal, form-of, literary, possessive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thine

Antonyms: none provided

3

det

Meaning 3

Honorific alternative letter-case form of thy, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, honorific

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh2 (“thou”). See thou.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ـك (-k) — possessive determiner
  • Arabic: ـك (-ak, -k) — possessive determiner
  • Arabic: ـك (-ek, -ki) — possessive determiner
  • Azerbaijani: sənin — possessive determiner
  • Belarusian: твой (tvoj) — possessive determiner
  • Bulgarian: твой (tvoj) — possessive determiner
  • Catalan: teu — possessive determiner
  • Chinese Cantonese: 你嘅 (nei5 ge3) — possessive determiner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 你的 (nǐde) — possessive determiner
  • Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕ m ⲧⲉⲕ f ⲛⲉⲕ (tek) — possessive determiner
  • Coptic: ⲡⲉ m ⲧⲉ f ⲛⲉ (te) — possessive determiner
  • Czech: tvůj — possessive determiner
  • Danish: din — possessive determiner
  • Danish: dit — possessive determiner
  • Danish: dine — possessive determiner
  • Dutch: je — possessive determiner
  • Egyptian: k (.k) — possessive determiner
  • Egyptian: T (.ṯ) — possessive determiner
  • Esperanto: cia — possessive determiner
  • Faroese: tín — possessive determiner
  • Finnish: sinun ...si — possessive determiner
  • Finnish: -si — possessive determiner
  • Finnish: sinun — possessive determiner
  • French: ton — possessive determiner
  • French: ta — possessive determiner
  • French: tes — possessive determiner
  • Georgian: შენი (šeni) — possessive determiner
  • German: dein — possessive determiner
  • German: deine — possessive determiner
  • German: deine — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins) — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: þeina — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: þein — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: þeinata — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (þeina) — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 (þein) — possessive determiner
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌰 (þeinata) — possessive determiner
  • Hebrew: שלך (shelkhá) — possessive determiner
  • Hindi: तेरा (terā) — possessive determiner
  • Hindi: तुम्हारा (tumhārā) — possessive determiner
  • Italian: tuo — possessive determiner
  • Japanese: 汝の (nanji no) — possessive determiner
  • Japanese: 汝が (na ga) — possessive determiner
  • Korean: 네 (ne) — possessive determiner
  • Korean: 너의 (neoui) — possessive determiner
  • Macanese: vôs-sa — possessive determiner
  • Macedonian: твој (tvoj) — possessive determiner
  • Polish: twój — possessive determiner
  • Portuguese: teu — possessive determiner
  • Portuguese: tua — possessive determiner
  • Russian: твой (tvoj) — possessive determiner
  • Serbo-Croatian: твој — possessive determiner
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvoj — possessive determiner
  • Slovak: tvoj — possessive determiner
  • Slovene: tvój — possessive determiner
  • Spanish: tu — possessive determiner
  • Spanish: tuyo — possessive determiner
  • Swedish: din — possessive determiner
  • Swedish: ditt — possessive determiner
  • Swedish: dina — possessive determiner
  • Tagalog: iyong — possessive determiner
  • Tagalog: mo — possessive determiner
  • Turkish: senin — possessive determiner
  • Turkish: seninki — possessive determiner
  • Turkish: seninkiler — possessive determiner
  • Ukrainian: твій (tvij) — possessive determiner
  • Urdu: تیرا (terā) — possessive determiner
  • Urdu: تمھارا (tumhārā) — possessive determiner
  • Vietnamese: của mày — possessive determiner
  • Vietnamese: của em — possessive determiner