"our" meaning in Scots

See our in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

Forms: oor [alternative], wir [alternative], wur [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sco|enm|oure|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English oure, {{inh+|sco|enm|oure}} Inherited from Middle English oure, {{inh|sco|ang|ūre}} Old English ūre, {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*unsar}} Proto-West Germanic *unsar, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*unseraz}} Proto-Germanic *unseraz Head templates: {{head|sco|determiner|cat2=possessive determiners}} our
  1. our
    Sense id: en-our-sco-det-plVuSFLi Categories (other): Insular Scots, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Scots determiners, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots grammar appendices, Scots possessive determiners Related terms: The following table shows a list of Scots personal pronouns. {| class=! colspan=3 rowspan=2 | !! colspan=3 | personal pronoun !! rowspan=2 | possessivepronoun !! rowspan=2 | possessivedeterminer (english: wikitable), A, I, Ik, me, mysel, mine, mines, my, we, us, oorsel, oorsels, oors, yeyou, yow, yerselyoursel, yersyours, yeryour, thoo, thee, thysel, theesel, thines, thy, thees, ye, yeseyou, youse, yousetheer, yeselsyoursels, he, e, him, im, himsel, hissel, his, is, scho, she, shu, her, er, hersel, hers, ithit, itselhitsel, itshits, ane, , ane's, thay, thaim, thaimsel, thaimsels, thairs, thair

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for our meaning in Scots (3.2kB)

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