"thee" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /θi/ Forms: thees [plural]
Etymology: From Old English þēoh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|ang|þēoh}} Old English þēoh, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*þeuhą}} Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*tewk-}} Proto-Indo-European *tewk- Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|thees|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} thee (plural thees), {{sco-noun}} thee (plural thees)
  1. thigh
    Sense id: en-thee-sco-noun-iYGn1Q1V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /ði/, /di/ [Orkney, Shetland] Forms: case thou [subjective], thysel [reflexive], thy [determiner, possessive]
Etymology: From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|þe}} Middle English þe, {{inh|en|ang|þē|pos=originally dative, but later also accusative|t=thee}} Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*þiz||thee}} Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*te||second-person singular pronoun}} Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”) Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun|subjective case|thou|reflexive|thysel|possessive determiner|thy}} thee (subjective case thou, reflexive thysel, possessive determiner thy)
  1. (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thee, you (2nd person singular object pronoun, informal)
    Sense id: en-thee-sco-pron-MRcGRLG~ Categories (other): Orkney Scots, Shetland Scots, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots pronouns Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 1 49 49 1 Disambiguation of Scots pronouns: 1 46 48 5
  2. (Orkney, Shetland) thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal) Tags: Orkney, Shetland
    Sense id: en-thee-sco-pron-Vvb-O42e Categories (other): Orkney Scots, Shetland Scots, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots pronouns Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 1 49 49 1 Disambiguation of Scots pronouns: 1 46 48 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dee
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: thees [present, singular, third-person], theein [participle, present], theet [past], theet [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English theen, from Old English þēon, from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|theen}} Middle English theen, {{inh|sco|ang|þēon}} Old English þēon, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*þinhaną}} Proto-Germanic *þinhaną Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|thees|present participle|theein|simple past|theet|past participle|theet|head=}} thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theein, simple past theet, past participle theet), {{sco-verb}} thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theein, simple past theet, past participle theet)
  1. (archaic, literary) To thrive, prosper Tags: archaic, literary
    Sense id: en-thee-sco-verb-Esf4jSOC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for thee meaning in Scots (5.6kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.