thine

thine

See also: Thine

English

Etymology

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: thīn, IPA^(key): /ðaɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Determiner

thine

1. (archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Deuteronomy 28:31:

     Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.

   • 1895, Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics), Samuel A. Ward (music), “America the Beautiful”:

     Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!

Translations

possessive determiner

Belarusian: твой (tvoj) Bulgarian: твой (tvoj) Chinese: Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐde) Czech: tvůj (cs) Dutch: jouw (nl), je (nl); (dated or Belgium) uw (nl); (obsolete) dijn (nl) Egyptian: Late Egyptian: (pꜣy.k m), (tꜣy.k f), (nꜣy.k pl) (owner is male), (pꜣy.ṯ m), (tꜣy.ṯ f), (nꜣy.ṯ pl) (owner is female) Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian: (.k) (owner is male), (.ṯ) (owner is female) Esperanto: cia (eo), ciaj (eo) pl Finnish: sinun (fi) French: ton (fr) m, ta (fr) f, tes (fr) m pl or f pl Georgian: შენი (šeni) German: dein (de) Italian: tuo (it) m, tua (it) f, tuoi (it) m pl, tue (it) f pl Japanese: 汝の (nanji no) Macedonian: твој (tvoj) Polish: twój (pl) Portuguese: teu (pt) m Romanian: tău (ro) m or n, ta (ro) f, tăi m pl, tale (ro) f pl or n pl Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: твој Roman: tvoj Slovak: tvoj (sk) Slovene: tvój (sl) Spanish: tu (es), tuyo (es) m, tuya (es) f Swedish: din (sv) Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij)

Pronoun

thine

1. (archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours
   • 1996, Weird Al Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Amish Paradise”, in Bad Hair Day:

     But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699

Translations

possessive pronoun

Arabic: (belonging to one person) لَك‎ m (lak), لَكِ‎ f (laki) Egyptian Arabic: (male owner) لك‎ (lik), بتاعك‎ m (betaʿak), بتاعتاك‎ f (betaʿtak), بتوعاك‎ pl (betoʿak); (female owner) لك‎ (liki), بتاعك‎ m (betaʿik), بتاعتاك‎ f (betaʿtik), بتوعاك‎ pl (betoʿik) Belarusian: твой (tvoj) Bulgarian: твой (tvoj) Chinese: Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐde) Coptic: Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲕ m (phōk), ⲑⲱⲕ f (thōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲫⲱ m (phō), ⲑⲱ f (thō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female) Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲕ m (pōk), ⲧⲱⲕ f (tōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲡⲱ m (pō), ⲧⲱ f (tō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female) Czech: tvůj (cs) Dutch: de jouwe; (dated or Belgium) de uwe; (obsolete) de dijne Finnish: sinun (fi) French: le tien (fr) m, la tienne (fr) f, les tiens (fr) m pl, les tiennes (fr) f pl Georgian: შენი (šeni) German: deiner (de), der deine Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 m (þeins) Italian: il tuo m sg, la tua f sg, i tuoi m pl, le tue f pl Japanese: お前の (ja) (おまえの, omae no) Macedonian: твој (tvoj) Old English: þīn Polish: twój (pl) Portuguese: teu (pt) m, seu (pt) m Romanian: al tău, a ta, ai tăi, ale tale Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: твој Roman: tvoj Slovak: tvoj (sk) Slovene: tvój (sl) Spanish: el tuyo m, la tuya f Swedish: din (sv) Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij)

See also

• thee
• thou
• thy
• your
• yours

Anagrams

• Neith, Thein, Thien, nithe, thein

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪnʲə]

Noun

thine

1. Lenited form of tine.

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Middle English

Determiner

thine (subjective pronoun þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thy”)

Pronoun

thine (subjective þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thine”)