"thay" meaning in Scots

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Pronoun

IPA: /ðeː, ðə, eː, deː/
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English þai Scots thay From Middle English þai, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þair, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) and English they. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sco|inh|enm>þai>thay|id=pronoun|tree=1}} Etymology tree Middle English þai Scots thay, {{root|sco|ine-pro|*só-}}, {{inh|sco|enm|þai}} Middle English þai, {{der|sco|non|þair}} Old Norse þair, {{ncog|enm|he}} Middle English he, {{ncog|ang|hīe}} Old English hīe, {{cog|is|þeir||they}} Icelandic þeir (“they”), {{cog|fo|teir|t=they}} Faroese teir (“they”), {{cog|da|de||they}} Danish de (“they”), {{cog|sv|de||they}} Swedish de (“they”), {{cog|nn|dei||they}} Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*þai||those}} Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*só|*to-|that}} Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”), {{cog|ang|þā||those}} Old English þā (“those”), {{cog|en|they}} English they Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun}} thay
  1. they (third-person pronoun, nominative case, usually plural, sometimes singular)
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      "ipa": "ðə"
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      "ipa": "ðə"
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      "ipa": "deː/"
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