"þai" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See þai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /θɑi̯/
Etymology: From demonstrative root *þa- with plural suffix *-i, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tóy. Compare *twai (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with same suffix. Etymology templates: {{etymon|gem-pro|inh|ine-pro>*tóy>they|id=they}}, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*tóy}} Proto-Indo-European *tóy, {{ncog|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Head templates: {{head|gem-pro|determiner form}} *þai
  1. they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa Tags: reconstruction

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*þai"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *þai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *þai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "þā"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: þā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: þā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "tha",
            "3": "tho"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: tha, tho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: tha, tho; thas, thos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tha",
            "3": "thai"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tha, thai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: tha, thai; thais"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tho"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tho; those"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "thā"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: thā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: thā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "do"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: do",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: do"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "dy"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: dy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: dy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "thē"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: thē",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: thē"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "dê"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: dê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: dê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "de"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: de",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: de"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "thie"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: thie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: thie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "dē",
            "3": "dea",
            "4": "dia",
            "5": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: dē, dea, dia, die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: dē, dea, dia, die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "dē",
            "3": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: dē, die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: dē, die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "German: die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-pro",
            "2": "*ᚦᚨᛁᛉ"
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          "expansion": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: þeir, ᚦᛅᛁᛦ (þaiʀ) — early Common Nordic; ᚦᛅᛁᚱ (þair), ᚦᛂᛁᚱ (þeir) — after merger of r and ʀ, occurring by the 800s in West Norse and late 1000s in East Norse; ᚦᛂᚱ (þer), ᚦᛂᛦ (þeʀ), ᚦᛁᚱ (þir), ᚦᛁᛦ (þiʀ) — after East Norse monophthongization, starting in the mid 900s in Denmark; ᚦᛅ (þa); ᚦᛅᛁᛘ (þaim) — Common Nordic; ᚦᛂᛁᛘ (þeim) — after invention of stung runes; ᚦᛂᛘ (þem), ᚦᛁᛘ (þim) — after East Norse monophthongization; ᚦᛅᛁᚱᛅ (þaira), ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ (þaiʀa), ᚦᛂᛁᚱᛅ (þeira), ᚦᛂᛁᛦᛅ (þeiʀa), ᚦᛂᚱᛅ (þera), ᚦᛂᛦᛅ (þeʀa), ᚦᛁᚱᛅ (þira), ᚦᛁᛦᛅ (þiʀa)\nIcelandic: þeir\nFaroese: teir\nNorwegian Nynorsk: dei\nJamtish: di\nElfdalian: dier\nOld Swedish: þēr, the, þir, thi\nSwedish: de, (archaic) the, dhe (dialectal) di, da\nDanish: de\nNorwegian Bokmål: de\nOld Gutnish: þar\nGutnish: dair, di\n→ Middle English: thei, they\nScots: they\nEnglish: they"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "ncog"
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  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "determiner form"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þai",
  "pos": "det",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ],
        [
          "those",
          "those"
        ],
        [
          "*sa",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θɑi̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þai"
}
{
  "descendants": [
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*þai"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *þai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *þai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "þā"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: þā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: þā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "tha",
            "3": "tho"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: tha, tho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: tha, tho; thas, thos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tha",
            "3": "thai"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tha, thai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: tha, thai; thais"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tho"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tho; those"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "thā"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: thā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: thā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "do"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: do",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: do"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "dy"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: dy",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: dy"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "thē"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: thē",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: thē"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "dê"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: dê",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: dê"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "de"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: de",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: de"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "thie"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: thie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: thie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "dē",
            "3": "dea",
            "4": "dia",
            "5": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: dē, dea, dia, die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: dē, dea, dia, die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "dē",
            "3": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: dē, die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: dē, die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "die"
          },
          "expansion": "German: die",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: die"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-pro",
            "2": "*ᚦᚨᛁᛉ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "þeir"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: þeir, ᚦᛅᛁᛦ (þaiʀ) — early Common Nordic; ᚦᛅᛁᚱ (þair), ᚦᛂᛁᚱ (þeir) — after merger of r and ʀ, occurring by the 800s in West Norse and late 1000s in East Norse; ᚦᛂᚱ (þer), ᚦᛂᛦ (þeʀ), ᚦᛁᚱ (þir), ᚦᛁᛦ (þiʀ) — after East Norse monophthongization, starting in the mid 900s in Denmark; ᚦᛅ (þa); ᚦᛅᛁᛘ (þaim) — Common Nordic; ᚦᛂᛁᛘ (þeim) — after invention of stung runes; ᚦᛂᛘ (þem), ᚦᛁᛘ (þim) — after East Norse monophthongization; ᚦᛅᛁᚱᛅ (þaira), ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ (þaiʀa), ᚦᛂᛁᚱᛅ (þeira), ᚦᛂᛁᛦᛅ (þeiʀa), ᚦᛂᚱᛅ (þera), ᚦᛂᛦᛅ (þeʀa), ᚦᛁᚱᛅ (þira), ᚦᛁᛦᛅ (þiʀa)\nIcelandic: þeir\nFaroese: teir\nNorwegian Nynorsk: dei\nJamtish: di\nElfdalian: dier\nOld Swedish: þēr, the, þir, thi\nSwedish: de, (archaic) the, dhe (dialectal) di, da\nDanish: de\nNorwegian Bokmål: de\nOld Gutnish: þar\nGutnish: dair, di\n→ Middle English: thei, they\nScots: they\nEnglish: they",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: þeir, ᚦᛅᛁᛦ (þaiʀ) — early Common Nordic; ᚦᛅᛁᚱ (þair), ᚦᛂᛁᚱ (þeir) — after merger of r and ʀ, occurring by the 800s in West Norse and late 1000s in East Norse; ᚦᛂᚱ (þer), ᚦᛂᛦ (þeʀ), ᚦᛁᚱ (þir), ᚦᛁᛦ (þiʀ) — after East Norse monophthongization, starting in the mid 900s in Denmark; ᚦᛅ (þa); ᚦᛅᛁᛘ (þaim) — Common Nordic; ᚦᛂᛁᛘ (þeim) — after invention of stung runes; ᚦᛂᛘ (þem), ᚦᛁᛘ (þim) — after East Norse monophthongization; ᚦᛅᛁᚱᛅ (þaira), ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ (þaiʀa), ᚦᛂᛁᚱᛅ (þeira), ᚦᛂᛁᛦᛅ (þeiʀa), ᚦᛂᚱᛅ (þera), ᚦᛂᛦᛅ (þeʀa), ᚦᛁᚱᛅ (þira), ᚦᛁᛦᛅ (þiʀa)\nIcelandic: þeir\nFaroese: teir\nNorwegian Nynorsk: dei\nJamtish: di\nElfdalian: dier\nOld Swedish: þēr, the, þir, thi\nSwedish: de, (archaic) the, dhe (dialectal) di, da\nDanish: de\nNorwegian Bokmål: de\nOld Gutnish: þar\nGutnish: dair, di\n→ Middle English: thei, they\nScots: they\nEnglish: they"
    }
  ],
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    },
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  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "*þai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þai",
  "pos": "det",
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      "categories": [
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        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic non-lemma forms",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ],
        [
          "those",
          "those"
        ],
        [
          "*sa",
          "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θɑi̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þai"
}

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