þi

See also: Thi, thi, thi-, thì, thí, thī, Thị, thị, ʈʰi, thĩ, thî, and þí

Middle English

Etymology 1

An apocopic form of þin, þine, thyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz.

Alternative forms

• they, thi, thy, ti, ty, þei, þey, þhi, þy, yi, yhi

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /θiː/, /ðiː/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ði/
• (after /t/, /d/, especially early) IPA^(key): /tiː/, /ti/

Determiner

þi (nominative pronoun þou)

2. second-person singular possessive determiner: thy, your

Usage notes

When followed by a word starting with a vowel or h-, þin or one of its variants is typically used.

Descendants

• English: thy
• Yola: thee, th'

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹Used preconsonantally or before h.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Etymology 2

Determiner

þi

1. (Northern) Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

þi

1. Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

þi

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

þi

1. Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 6

Noun

þi (plural þies)

1. Alternative form of þigh (“thigh”)

Old English

Article

þī

1. Alternative form of þȳ

Determiner

þī

1. Alternative form of þȳ

Pronoun

þī

1. Alternative form of þȳ