Part of speech: possessive pronoun
his, her, its; their (also sýn)
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *sīnaz (pronominal stem with refl meaning); Goth seina Gen “his/her/its/their own”, sis Dat “to himself/herself/itself; to themselves”, sik Acc “himself, herself, itself; themselves”; OHG sih Acc; O Icel sér Dat, sik Acc; OE has retained only the form of Gen case with the meaning of a poss pron; cf Goth seins; O Fris sīn; O Sax sīn; Dt zijn; OHG sīn (Mod G sein); Icel sínn; Sw sin ← Indo-Europ *su̯e-, *se-; Sanskr svás “one's own”; Avest hva- “one's own”; Anc Gr ὅς “one's own”; Lat suus “one's own; his, her, its, etc“; Lith sãvas “one's own”; O Slav свои “his, her etc”; (Russ свой)]
Paradigm
3.1. Demonstrative pronouns
3.1.1. Demonstrative pronoun se, séo, þæt (that)
declension of the demonstrative pronoun
se, séo, þæt
(that) |
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singular number | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | se | séo | þæt |
genitive | þæs | þǽre | þæs |
dative | þǽm, þám | þǽre | þǽm, þám |
instrumental | þý, þon | þǽre | þý, þon |
accusative | þone | þá | þæt |
plural number | |||
all genders | |||
nominative | þá | ||
genitive | þára, þǽra | ||
dative (instrumental) | þǽm, þám | ||
accusative | þá |
3.1.2. Demonstrative pronoun þes, þéos, þis (this)
declension of the demonstrative pronoun
þes, þéos, þis
(this) |
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singular number | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | þes | þéos | þis |
genitive | þises, þisses | þisse | þises, þisses |
dative | þisum, þissum | þisse | þisum, þissum |
instrumental | þisse | þisse | þisse |
accusative | þisne | þás | þis |
plural number | |||
all genders | |||
nominative | þás | ||
genitive | þissa | ||
dative (instrumental) | þisum, þissum | ||
accusative | þás |
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