"ye" meaning in English

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Article

IPA: /jiː/
Etymology: From Middle English þe. Early press typographies lacked the letter þ (“thorn”), for which the letter y was substituted due to their resemblance in blackletter hand (etymological y was for a while distinguished by a dot, ẏ). Short form yͤ continued long after the digraph th had replaced þ elsewhere. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|þe}} Middle English þe, {{m|en|þ||thorn}} þ (“thorn”), {{m|en|y}} y, {{m|en|y}} y, {{m|en|ẏ}} ẏ, {{m|en|yͤ}} yͤ, {{m|en|th}} th, {{m|en|þ}} þ Head templates: {{head|en|article}} ye
  1. (archaic, definite) The. Tags: archaic, definite Synonyms: Derived forms: ye olde
    Sense id: en-ye-en-article-kSkBF2TF Categories (other): English articles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection

Etymology: Shortened from yes or yeah. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yes}} yes, {{m|en|yeah}} yeah Head templates: {{en-interj}} ye
  1. (slang) Yes, yeah. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ye-en-intj-SVPK0cya Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English personal pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 37 11 41 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 32 20 25 22 Disambiguation of English personal pronouns: 9 45 12 21 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: yes [plural]
Etymology: From Russian е (je). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|е}} Russian е (je) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ye (plural yes)
  1. The Cyrillic letter Е, е, featured in various Slavic and Turkic languages. Categories (topical): Cyrillic letter names Translations (Е): iê [masculine] (Portuguese), е (je) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ye-en-noun-ckG~jv2I Disambiguation of Cyrillic letter names: 0 10 79 4 6 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 37 11 41 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Pronoun

IPA: /jiː/ [UK, US], [jɪi] [UK, US], [ji(ː)] [UK, US] Audio: en-us-ye.ogg [US]
enPR: yē Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Middle English ye, ȝe, from Old English ġē (“ye”), the nominative case of the second-person plural personal pronoun, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, a North-West variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs, *yū́ (“ye”), plural of *túh₂. Cognate with Scots ye (“ye”), Saterland Frisian jie, Dutch gij, ge, jij, je (“ye”), Low German ji, jie (“ye”), German ihr (“ye”), Danish and Swedish I (“ye”), Icelandic ér (“ye”). See also you. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ye}} Middle English ye, {{m|enm|ȝe}} ȝe, {{inh|en|ang|ġē|t=ye}} Old English ġē (“ye”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*jiʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, {{der|en|gem-pro|*jīz}} Proto-Germanic *jīz, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*jūz|t=ye}} Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*yūs}} Proto-Indo-European *yūs, {{m|ine-pro|*yū́|t=ye}} *yū́ (“ye”), {{m|ine-pro|*túh₂}} *túh₂, {{cog|sco|ye|t=ye}} Scots ye (“ye”), {{cog|stq|jie}} Saterland Frisian jie, {{cog|nl|gij}} Dutch gij, {{m|nl|ge}} ge, {{m|nl|jij}} jij, {{m|nl|je||ye}} je (“ye”), {{cog|nds|ji}} Low German ji, {{m|nds|jie|t=ye}} jie (“ye”), {{cog|de|ihr|t=ye}} German ihr (“ye”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{m|da|I|t=ye}} I (“ye”), {{cog|is|ér|t=ye}} Icelandic ér (“ye”), {{m|en|you}} you Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|personal pronoun||||||||||||||||||head=}} ye (personal pronoun), {{en-pron|desc=personal pronoun}} ye (personal pronoun)
  1. (archaic outside Northern England, Cornwall, Ireland, Newfoundland) You (the people being addressed). Tags: Cornwall, Ireland, Newfoundland, personal, pronoun
    Sense id: en-ye-en-pron-SC4AGfp2 Categories (other): Cornish English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 37 11 41 11 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 62 38
  2. (archaic) You (the singular person being addressed). Tags: archaic, personal, pronoun
    Sense id: en-ye-en-pron-yw-wPM6o Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English second person pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 37 11 41 11 Disambiguation of English second person pronouns: 3 21 11 9 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: y'all [plural, second-person]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Know ye now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; [...]",
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      "word": "all hope abandon ye who enter here"
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      "word": "how do ye do"
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      "word": "oh ye of little faith"
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      "word": "O ye of little faith"
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    {
      "word": "seek and ye shall find"
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      "word": "thank ye"
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    {
      "word": "thank ye so very much"
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      "word": "ye gods"
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      "word": "ye gods and little fishes"
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      "word": "ye'll"
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    {
      "word": "ye of little faith"
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        {
          "ref": "1671, Elisha Coles, chapter 6, in ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ: Or, a Metrical Paraphraſe on the Hiſtory of Our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt : Dedicated to His Univerſal Church",
          "text": "Queſtion me then no more; whate'er ye want, / Ask in my Name, and God ſhall ſurely grant. / You've asked nothing yet for Jesus sake : / Ask and receive, and of my joyes partake.",
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Elizabeth II, “Legal Notice 247 of 1996”, in Hong Kong Government Gazette, page B1096",
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          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 23",
          "text": "Know ye now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; [...]",
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}

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          "ref": "1647, The old deluder, Satan, Act. (cited in American Public School Law, K. Alexander, M. Alexander, 1995)",
          "text": "It being one cheife proiect of yᵉ ould deluder, Satan, to keepe men from the knowledge of Scriptures, as in formʳ times by keeping yᵐ in an unknowne tongue, so in these lattʳ times by perswading from yᵉ use of tongues, yᵗ so at least yᵉ true sence & meaning of yᵉ originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint seeming deceivers, yᵗ learning may not be buried in yᵉ church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting oʳ endeavoʳs,"
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    "Ye (Cyrillic)",
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