Definition/Meaning of thy
- English - Determiner: thy (Early, Modern, archaic, dialectal, literary, possessive) Possessive form of thou : that which belongs to thee ; which belongs to you (singular).
- English - Conjunction: thy (obsolete) Only used in for thy , for-thy , which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”). 1791, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, William TAYLOR (of Norwich.), Nathan the Wise. A dramatic poem, page 24: For thy it bring: us nearer to the Godhead is nonsense, Daya, if not blasphemy. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: For- thy it round and hollow shaped was, Like to the world…
- English - Etymology: From Middle English þi , apocopated variant of þin , from Old English þīn , from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“ thou ”). See thou.
- English - Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈðaɪ̯/ , [ˈðaɪ̯] Rhymes: -aɪ
- English - Synonyms: thine