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"2": "enm",
"3": "þou"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ang",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þū"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þū",
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},
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"3": "*túh₂",
"4": "",
"5": "you"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English þou, from Old English þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).",
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{
"form": "thee",
"tags": [
"objective"
]
},
{
"form": "thysel",
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]
},
{
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"8": "thy"
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Orkney Scots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
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}
],
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"thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)"
],
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"thou",
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],
[
"you",
"you"
]
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"(archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)"
],
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{
"word": "du"
},
{
"word": "thoo"
}
]
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{
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"Shetland"
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þū"
},
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"1": "sco",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*túh₂",
"4": "",
"5": "you"
},
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}
],
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{
"form": "thee",
"tags": [
"objective"
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},
{
"form": "thysel",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "thy",
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"determiner",
"possessive"
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"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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"glosses": [
"thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)"
],
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],
[
"you",
"you"
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]
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},
{
"ipa": "/du/",
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"word": "du"
},
{
"word": "thoo"
}
],
"word": "thou"
}
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