þis
See also: yis, this, and thîs
Gothic
Romanization
þis
- Romanization of 𐌸𐌹𐍃
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English þes, þæs, þēos, þis, þys, all ultimately from inflections of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðis/, (emphatic, also) /θis/[1][2]
- (after /t/) IPA(key): /tis/
Determiner
þis (feminine þeos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)
- this[3]
Alternative forms
- þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þes, þese, þeis, þeise, þeys, þeyse, þeose, þus, dis
- þues, þusse (Southwest); yis (Northern, East Anglian)
- þisse, þysse, þies, þyes, þesse, þæs, þos (early)
- tis, tys, tisse, tysse, tes, teos (after dentals)
Pronoun
þis (feminine þos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)
- this[3]
Alternative forms
- þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þus
- ȝis, ȝys, yhis (Northern)
- þeos, þese, þæs (early)
- tis (after dentals and s)
Adverb
þis
- this[4]
Alternative forms
- þys, þes
Descendants
- English: this
- Scots: this
- Yola: this
References
- Brink, Daniel (1992), “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, DOI:, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
- Thurber, Beverly A. (15 February 2011), “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, DOI:, pages 65-81.
- “this, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “this, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Determiner
þis
- Alternative form of þes (“these”)
Pronoun
þis
- Alternative form of þes (“these”)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θis/
Determiner
þis
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs
Pronoun
þis
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs