thine
See also: Thine
English
Etymology
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English 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
- (archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
Translations
possessive determiner
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Pronoun
thine
- (archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun.
- If I finish all of my chores, and thou finishest thine...
Translations
possessive pronoun
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Middle English
References
- “thin, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.
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