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Etymology
From Old English þīn. Cognate to German dein and Swedish din.

Pronunciation
AHD|/<i>th</i>Ä«n/
IPA|/ðæin/
SAMPA|/Dain/
audio|en-us-thine.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪn|-aɪn

Pronoun
thine (plural: your or yours)

1. context|archaic italbrac|plural: your Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
2. context|archaic italbrac|plural: yours Singular second person possessive pronoun.

Translations

1. Of the possessive determiner sense:

#*French: ton ms, ta fs, tes p
#*Italian: tuo ms, tua fs, tuoi mp, tue fp
#*Swedish: din cs, ditt ns, dina p

1. Of the possessive pronoun sense:

#*French: le tien ms, la tienne fs, les tiens mp, les tiennes fp
#*German: dein ms, deine p & fs
#*Italian: il tuo ms, la tua fs, i tuoi mp, le tue
#*Swedish: din cs, ditt ns, dina p fp

Usage notes
Concerning all French and Italian translations hereabove: in both languages, the gender of the pronoun or determiner agrees with the possessed object, not the possessing subject.

See also
thee
thou
thy
your
yours

Category:English second person pronouns

Irish

Noun
thine

1. mutation of|tine#Irish|tine

fr:thine
io:thine
it:thine
hu:thine
pl:thine
fi:thine
te:thine

• 2007-10-04 02:01 - Interwicket - iwiki +it, te

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