"we" meaning in Scots

See we in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /wi/ [stressed], /wəi/ [South-Scots], /wə/ [unstressed] Forms: us [objective], hus [objective], oor [possessive], wir [possessive], oors [possessive, pronoun, without-noun], wirs [possessive, pronoun, without-noun], oorsels [reflexive], wirsels [reflexive]
Etymology: From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with English we. Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|sco|enm|inherited|sort=}} Middle English, {{str left|we|1}} w, {{str left|we|1}} w, {{m-lite|enm|we|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} we, {{inh-lite|sco|enm|we}} Middle English we, {{inh|sco|ang|wē||we}} Old English wē (“we”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*wiʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*wīz}} Proto-Germanic *wīz, {{m|ine-pro|*wiz||we}} *wiz (“we”), {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*wéy||we (plural)}} Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”), {{str left|we|1}} w, {{str left|we|1}} w, {{m-lite|en|we||alt=|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=|ts=}} we, {{cog-lite|en|we}} English we Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun|first person singular||objective|us|or|hus|possessive|oor|or|wir|possessive pronoun|oors|or|wirs|reflexive|oorsels|or|wirsels}} we (first person singular, objective us or hus, possessive oor or wir, possessive pronoun oors or wirs, reflexive oorsels or wirsels)
  1. we Wikipedia link: English language, Middle English language Tags: first-person, singular Synonyms: oo
    Sense id: en-we-sco-pron-3HyBG5Vh Categories (other): Insular Scots, Pages using lite templates, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots grammar appendices, Scots pronouns Related terms: AI, ik, memei, maselmysel, mines, mamy, us, we'shus, oorsels, oorselwirsels, wirsel, oorswirs, oorwir, 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, she, her, er, hersel, hers, ithit, itselhitsel, itshits, ane, , ane's, thay, thaim, thaimsel, thaimsels, thairs, thair

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