Part of speech: demonstrative pronoun
Gender: masculine
(séo fem; þæt neut; þá pl of all three genders) the, that (also sé)
Etymology
[Mod E THE (influenced by oblique cases); THAT ← Prot-Germ *sa- (masc), *so- (fem), *þat- (neut); Goth sa (masc); sō (fem); þata (neut); O Icel sá (masc), sú (fem) ; run ON sa (masc) ← Indo-Europ *so-, *sā-; Sanskr sá “that”; Avest hā “that”; Anc Grὁ “this” (masc), ἡ (fem) “this”; the forms of oblique cases are derived from Prot-Germ stem *þe-, *þa-; O Fris thi (masc); thiu, tha (fem); that, thet (neut); O Sax thē, thie (masc); thiu (fem); that (neut); Dt de, dat; OHG der (masc); diu (fem); daz (neut) → Mod G der, die, das; O Icel þat (neut) → Mod Icel það ← Indo-Europ *te-, *to-; Sanskr tá “this”; Avest ta “this”; Anc Gr τό “this” (neut); Lith tàs “that”; Latv tas “that”; O Slav тъ, та, то “that” (Russ та, то “that”)]
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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