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thee

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English

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thē, IPA(key): /ðiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophone: the (when stressed)

Pronoun

thee (second-person singular, objective case, nominative thou, reflexive thyself)

  1. (now chiefly archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]
  2. (now chiefly archaic, dialect) Thou. [from 12th c.]
Alternative forms
  • Thee
  • the (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)

  1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
    Synonym: thou
  2. (intransitive) To use the word thee.
    Synonym: thou

See also

Etymology 2

From Middle English theen (to increase, prosper, flourish), from Old English þēon (to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow), from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną (to thrive, succeed), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to succeed, turn out well). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed), German gedeihen (to thrive), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gaþeihan, to increase, thrive).

Alternative forms

  • the (Scotland)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thē, IPA(key): /θiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Verb

thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)

  1. (intransitive, UK, obsolete) To thrive; prosper.
Derived terms
  • theedom

Etymology 3

From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

Noun

thee (plural thees)

  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
  • ith
  • eth, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Etymology 4

Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

Article

thee

  1. (very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of the

Anagrams

  • ethe

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) tee

Etymology

From Hokkien (). The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compare Greek τσάι (tsái)); the more basal spelling tee was previously common, especially in the early modern period, but is now obsolete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teː/
  • Hyphenation: thee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n)

  1. tea

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

  • heet, hete

Green Hmong

Etymology

From Thai ถ่าน (tàan) ("charcoal") or Lao ຖ່ານ (thān) ("charcoal"), ultimately from Middle Chinese (tʰɑnH) ("charcoal").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰẽ˧/

Noun

thee

  1. charcoal, coal

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thee

  1. Alternative form of þe (thee)

Etymology 2

Verb

thee

  1. Alternative form of theen

Old Irish

Adjective

thee

  1. Alternative spelling of thé: lenited form of tee (hot).

Scots

Etymology 1

From Old English þēoh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θi/

Noun

thee (plural thees)

  1. thigh

Etymology 2

From Middle English theen, from Old English þēon, from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Verb

thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theein, simple past theet, past participle theet)

  1. (archaic, literary) To thrive, prosper

Etymology 3

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).

Alternative forms

  • dee

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ði/
  • (Orkney, Shetland) IPA(key): /di/

Pronoun

thee (subjective case thou, reflexive thysel, possessive determiner thy)

  1. (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thee, you (2nd person singular object pronoun, informal)
  2. (Orkney, Shetland) thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)
Usage notes
  • Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.
References
  • “thou, pers. pron, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Thai ถ่าน (tàan) ("charcoal") or Lao ຖ່ານ (thān) ("charcoal"), ultimately from Middle Chinese (tʰɑnH) ("charcoal").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰẽ˧/

Noun

thee

  1. charcoal, coal

Yola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðiː/
  • Homophones: tha, thaaye

Etymology 1

From Middle English þe, from Old English þē.

Pronoun

thee

  1. thee

Etymology 2

From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn.

Alternative forms

  • th'

Determiner

thee

  1. thy, your
Derived terms
  • o'thie

Etymology 3

Pronoun

thee

  1. thou
Derived terms
  • yarthe

References

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