Part of speech: personal pronoun
thou (also ðú)
Etymology
[Mod E arch THOU ← Prot-Germ *þū-; Gothþū; O Fris thū; O Sax thū; OHG dū (Mod G du); Icel þú; Sw du ← Indo-Europ *tu-, *tū- “thou”; Sanskr tū-, tv-ám; Avest tū-; Anc Gr σύ; Lat tū; O Ir tú; O Prus tu, tou; Lith tù; Latv tu; O Slav ты (Russ ты)
Mod E arch THEE ← ME þe, þee, thee, the ← OE ðé, þé (Dat, Acc)
Mod E arch THY, THINE (used as a poss pron) ← ME þin, þyn, þy, þi, thi, thyn; ← OE þín (Gen); Goth þeina; O Fris thin; O Sax thin; OHG dīn (Mod G dein); Icel þín; Sw din “thy, thine”
þec (Acc); Goth þuk; O Sax thic; OHG dih (Mod G dich); O Icel þik (Mod Icel þig); Sw dig (objective case) “thee”]
Mod E arch THEE ← ME þe, þee, thee, the ← OE ðé, þé (Dat, Acc)
Mod E arch THY, THINE (used as a poss pron) ← ME þin, þyn, þy, þi, thi, thyn; ← OE þín (Gen); Goth þeina; O Fris thin; O Sax thin; OHG dīn (Mod G dein); Icel þín; Sw din “thy, thine”
þec (Acc); Goth þuk; O Sax thic; OHG dih (Mod G dich); O Icel þik (Mod Icel þig); Sw dig (objective case) “thee”]
Paradigm
3.2. Personal pronouns
| declension of personal pronouns the first person |
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| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | ic | wit | wé |
| genitive | mín | uncer | úser, úre |
| dative (instrumental) | mé | unc | ús |
| accusative | mec, mé | unc | úsic, ús |
| declension of personal pronouns the second person |
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| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | þú | ȝit | ȝé |
| genitive | þín | incer | éower |
| dative (instrumental) | þé | inc | éow |
| accusative | þec, þé | incit, inc | éowic, éow |
| declension of personal pronouns the third person |
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| singular number | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | hé | héo, hío | hit |
| genitive | his | hire, hyre, hiere | his |
| dative (instrumental) | him | hire, hyre, hiere | him |
| accusative | hine | hý, hí, híe | hit |
| plural number | |||
| all genders | |||
| nominative | hý, hí, híe, héo | ||
| genitive | hyra, hira, hiera, heora | ||
| dative (instrumental) | him, heom | ||
| accusative | hý, hí, híe, héo | ||
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