"second-person singular" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second-person singulars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second-person singular (plural second-person singulars)
  1. (grammar) The form of a verb used with the pronouns thou and you (singular), or their equivalents in other languages. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-second-person_singular-en-noun-oP0EwNTW Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) The pronouns thou and you (singular), or their equivalents in other languages. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-second-person_singular-en-noun-fRhnTFXN Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (grammar) The possessive adjectives thy and your (singular), or their equivalents in other languages. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (Translations): deuxième personne du singulier [feminine] (French), მეორე პირის მხოლობითი რიცხვი (meore ṗiris mxolobiti ricxvi) (Georgian), მეორე პირი მხოლობითში (meore ṗiri mxolobitši) (Georgian), zweite Person Singular (German), seconda persona singolare [feminine] (Italian), 二人称単数 (nininshō tansū) (Japanese), 이인칭 단수 (iinching dansu) (Korean), 第二人称单数 (Mandarin), 第二人稱單數 (Mandarin), segunda persona del singular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-second-person_singular-en-noun-JyzS708K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 24 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 23 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 22 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 25 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 25 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 24 25 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 26 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 24 56 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 19 23 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: second person, second-person dual, second-person plural, first-person singular, third-person singular

Inflected forms

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