Meanings
thy1
thy2
- obsoleteOnly used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”).
For thy it bring: us nearer to the Godhead is nonsense, Daya, if not blasphemy.
1791, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, William TAYLOR (of Norwich.), Nathan the Wise. A dramatic poem, page 242 more examples
For-thy it round and hollow shaped was, Like to the world itselfe, and seem'd aworld of glass.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie QueeneWallace knew well the Englishmen would flee, For thy he thrusted in the thickest to be, Hewing full fast on whomsoever he fought, Against his dint fine steel availed nought.
1713, Robert Sanders, transl., The Life and Acts of Sir William Wallace
Thy3
- honorificHonorific alternative letter-case form of thy, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*túh₂“thou”
- Proto-Indo-European*téynos“thy; thine”
- Proto-Germanic*þīnaz
- Proto-West Germanic*þīn
- Old Englishþīn
- Middle Englishþi
- Englishthy
From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“thou”). See thou.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic ـك
- ـك (-k)possessive determiner
Bulgarian твой
- твой (tvoj)possessive determiner
Catalan teu
- teupossessive determiner
Chinese Cantonese 你嘅
- 你嘅 (nei⁵ ge³)possessive determiner
Chinese Mandarin 你的
- 你的 (nǐde)possessive determiner
Czech tvůj
- tvůjpossessive determiner
Danish din, dit
- dinpossessive determiner
- ditpossessive determiner
- dinepossessive determiner
Dutch je
- jepossessive determiner
Esperanto cia
- ciapossessive determiner
Finnish sinun ...si, -si
- sinun ...sipossessive determiner
- -sipossessive determiner
- sinunpossessive determiner
French ton, ta
- tonpossessive determiner
- tapossessive determiner
- tespossessive determiner
German dein, deine
- deinpossessive determiner
- deinepossessive determiner
- deinepossessive determiner
Hebrew שלך
- שלך (shelkhá)possessive determiner
Hindi तेरा, तुम्हारा
- तेरा (terā)possessive determiner
- तुम्हारा (tumhārā)possessive determiner
Italian tuo
- tuopossessive determiner
Japanese 汝の, 汝が
- 汝の (nanji no)possessive determiner
- 汝が (na ga)possessive determiner
Korean 네, 너의
- 네 (ne)possessive determiner
- 너의 (neoui)possessive determiner
Polish twój
- twójpossessive determiner
Portuguese teu, tua
- teupossessive determiner
- tuapossessive determiner
Russian твой
- твой (tvoj)possessive determiner
Slovak tvoj
- tvojpossessive determiner
Spanish tu, tuyo
- tupossessive determiner
- tuyopossessive determiner
Swedish din, ditt
- dinpossessive determiner
- dittpossessive determiner
- dinapossessive determiner
Tagalog iyong, mo
- iyongpossessive determiner
- mopossessive determiner
Turkish senin, seninki
- seninpossessive determiner
- seninkipossessive determiner
- seninkilerpossessive determiner
Ukrainian твій
- твій (tvij)possessive determiner
Urdu تیرا, تمھارا
- تیرا (terā)possessive determiner
- تمھارا (tumhārā)possessive determiner
Vietnamese của mày, của em
- của màypossessive determiner
- của empossessive determiner
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thy
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thy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thy
“thy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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