"ye" meaning in Scots

See ye in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /jiː/, /jɪ/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ye, ȝe, from Old English ġē (“ye”), the nominative case of the second-person plural personal pronoun, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, a North-West variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“ye”), plural of *túh₂. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sco|enm|ye|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English ye, {{inh+|sco|enm|ye}} Inherited from Middle English ye, {{inh|sco|ang|ġē|t=ye}} Old English ġē (“ye”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*jiʀ}} Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, {{der|sco|gem-pro|*jīz}} Proto-Germanic *jīz, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*jūz|t=ye}} Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*yúHs|t=ye}} Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“ye”) Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun|cat2=personal pronouns}} ye
  1. you (2nd person singular and plural, nominative and accusative)
    Sense id: en-ye-sco-pron-ZYwYrrJM Categories (other): Insular Scots, Pages with 33 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Scots grammar appendices, Scots personal pronouns, Scots pronouns 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, our, yeyou, yow, yerselyoursel, yersyours, yeryour, thoo, thee, thysel, theesel, thines, thy, thees, 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
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      "ȝe#Middle_English"
    ],
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      "ġē",
      "ge#Old_English"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yúHs"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/túh₂"
    ]
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        },
        {
          "word": "A"
        },
        {
          "word": "I"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ik"
        },
        {
          "word": "me"
        },
        {
          "word": "mysel"
        },
        {
          "word": "mine"
        },
        {
          "word": "mines"
        },
        {
          "word": "my"
        },
        {
          "word": "we"
        },
        {
          "word": "us"
        },
        {
          "word": "oorsel"
        },
        {
          "word": "oorsels"
        },
        {
          "word": "oors"
        },
        {
          "word": "our"
        },
        {
          "word": "yeyou"
        },
        {
          "word": "yow"
        },
        {
          "word": "yerselyoursel"
        },
        {
          "word": "yersyours"
        },
        {
          "word": "yeryour"
        },
        {
          "word": "thoo"
        },
        {
          "word": "thee"
        },
        {
          "word": "thysel"
        },
        {
          "word": "theesel"
        },
        {
          "word": "thines"
        },
        {
          "word": "thy"
        },
        {
          "word": "thees"
        },
        {
          "word": "yeseyou"
        },
        {
          "word": "youse"
        },
        {
          "word": "yousetheer"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "he"
        },
        {
          "word": "e"
        },
        {
          "word": "him"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "is"
        },
        {
          "word": "scho"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "shu"
        },
        {
          "word": "her"
        },
        {
          "word": "er"
        },
        {
          "word": "hersel"
        },
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          "word": "hers"
        },
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          "word": "ithit"
        },
        {
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "ane"
        },
        {
          "word": "–"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "thay"
        },
        {
          "word": "thaim"
        },
        {
          "word": "thaimsel"
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        {
          "word": "thaimsels"
        },
        {
          "word": "thairs"
        },
        {
          "word": "thair"
        }
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    }
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      "ipa": "/jiː/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɪ/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    ],
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      "word": "yeryour"
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      "word": "thee"
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    {
      "word": "he"
    },
    {
      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "word": "him"
    },
    {
      "word": "im"
    },
    {
      "word": "himsel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hissel"
    },
    {
      "word": "his"
    },
    {
      "word": "is"
    },
    {
      "word": "scho"
    },
    {
      "word": "she"
    },
    {
      "word": "shu"
    },
    {
      "word": "her"
    },
    {
      "word": "er"
    },
    {
      "word": "hersel"
    },
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      "word": "hers"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "–"
    },
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      "word": "ane's"
    },
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      "word": "thay"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "thairs"
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    {
      "word": "thair"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪ/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for ye meaning in Scots (4.1kB)

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