Thee
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English
Pronunciation
- enPR: thē, IPA: /ðiː/, SAMPA: /Di:/
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Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -iː
- Homophones: the (when stressed)
Etymology 1
From Middle English, 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 Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.
Pronoun
Thee second person singular, objective case (nominative thou, reflexive theeself)
- (archaic, literary) Objective case of thou.
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
- When our Chiefs command us, we never require the reasons: I can say nothing else to thee.
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
- (Quaker) (Amish) (Pennsylvania Dutch) Thou.
- Thee is a little strange, I think.
Notes
When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").
Translations
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Number | Person | Gender | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive | Possessive Pronoun |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my | mine |
Second | — | you, thou (archaic) |
you, thee (archaic) |
yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic) |
your, thy (archaic) |
yours, thine (archaic) | |
Third | Masculine | he | him | himself | his | ||
Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers | ||
Neuter | it | itself | its | its (rare) | |||
Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours |
Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours | |
Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs | |
Indefinite | Third | — | one | oneself | one's | — |
Etymology 2
From Middle English theen (“to increase, prosper, flourish”), from Old English þēon (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhanan (“to thrive, succeed”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk-, *tenkh- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (“to flourish”), German gedeihen (“to thrive”).
Verb
Thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /teː/
Noun
Thee m. (plural theeën, diminutive theetje, diminutive plural theetjes)
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Scots
Etymology
Old English þēoh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhan.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /θiː/
Noun
Thee (plural Thees)ar:thee zh-min-nan:thee cs:thee de:thee et:thee el:thee es:thee fa:thee fr:thee io:thee id:thee it:thee sw:thee ku:thee hu:thee li:thee ml:thee my:thee nl:thee ja:thee pl:thee pt:thee si:thee simple:thee fi:thee sv:thee ta:thee te:thee tr:thee vi:thee
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