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thee
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English þe, from Old English þ? (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?, IPA(key): /ði?/
- Rhymes: -i?
- Homophone: the (when stressed)
Pronoun
thee (second-person singular, objective case, nominative thou, reflexive thyself)
- (now chiefly archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]
- (now chiefly archaic, dialect) Thou. [from 12th c.]
Derived terms
- get thee behind me
Translations
Verb
thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)
- (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
- Synonym: thou
- (intransitive) To use the word thee.
- Synonym: thou
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English theen (“to increase, prosper, flourish”), from Old English þ?on (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhan? (“to thrive, succeed”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to succeed, turn out well”). Cognate with Dutch gedijen (“to flourish, thrive, prosper, succeed”), German gedeihen (“to thrive”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gaþeihan, “to increase, thrive”).
Alternative forms
- the (Scotland)
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?, IPA(key): /?i?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Verb
thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed)
- (intransitive, Britain, obsolete) To thrive; prosper.
Derived terms
- theedom
Etymology 3
From Pitman zee, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.
Noun
thee (plural thees)
- The letter ?(?, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
Related terms
- ith
- eth, the name of the IPA letter for this sound
Anagrams
- ethe
Acehnese
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic *th?w, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.
Verb
thee
- to be informed
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from Malay teh, from Min Nan ? (tê). The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compare Greek ???? (tsái)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?/
- Hyphenation: thee
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n)
- tea
Derived terms
- kamillethee
- kruidenthee
- muntthee
- rooibosthee
- theedoos
- theeglas
- theekop
- theekrans
- theelepel
- theeleut
- theemuts
- theepauze
- theepot
- theezakje
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tee
- ? West Frisian: tee
- ? Dutch Low Saxon: thee
- ? Danish: te
- ? Faroese: te
- ? English: tea
- Gullah: tea
- Jamaican Creole: tea
- ? Abenaki: ti
- ? Chickasaw: tii'
- ? Cocopa: ?i·
- ? Cornish: té
- ? Cree:
- Canadian syllabics: ?? (tiy)
- Latin: tiy
- ? Inuktitut: ? (tii)
- ? Irish: tae
- ? Maori: t?
- ? Malecite-Passamaquoddy: ti
- ? Mikasuki: ti'g'tlo'q, ji'gitlo'q (“kettle”) (from "tea kettle")
- ? Panamint: tii
- ? Telugu: ?? (??)
- ? Unami: ti
- ? Welsh: te
- ? French: thé
- Haitian Creole: te
- Louisiana Creole French: thé
- ? Armenian: ??? (t?ey)
- ? Coeur d'Alene: liiti
- ? Corsican: tè
- ? Greek: ????? (téïon) (with neuter suffix -ion)
- ? Italian: tè
- ? Romansch: te, té, tè
- ? Norman: thée
- ? Occitan: tè
- ? Romansch: te, té, tè
- ? South Slavey: lidí
- ? Tiri: tee
- ? Walloon: té
- ? German: Tee
- ? German Low German: Tee
- Plautdietsch: Tee
- ? Estonian: tee
- ? Hunsrik: Tee
- ? Lower Sorbian: tej
- ? Romansch: te, té, tè
- ? Saterland Frisian: Tee
- ? Silesian: tyj
- ? Slovene: te (dialectal)
- ? Silesian German: Tee
- ? Vilamovian: tyy
- ? Zipser German: Tee
- ? German Low German: Tee
- ? Icelandic: te
- ? New Latin: thea
- ? Latin: herba thea (“herb tea”)
- ? Polish: herbata
- ? Belarusian: ???????? (harbáta)
- ? Kashubian: arbata, rabata, erbata, rebata
- ? Lithuanian: arbata
- ? Samogitian: erbeta
- ? Ukrainian: ???????? (herbáta), ????????? (herbátka)
- ? Polish: herbata
- ? Latin: herba thea (“herb tea”)
- ? Latvian: t?ja
- ? Norwegian: te
- ? Sranan Tongo: te
- ? Swedish: te, the, thé
- ? Finnish: tee
Anagrams
- heet, hete
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
thee
- Alternative form of þe (“thee”)
Etymology 2
Verb
thee
- Alternative form of theen
Old Irish
Adjective
thee
- Alternative spelling of thé: lenited form of tee (“hot”).
Scots
Etymology 1
From Old English þ?oh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuh?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i/
Noun
thee (plural thees)
- thigh
Etymology 2
From Middle English theen, from Old English þ?on, from Proto-Germanic *þinhan?.
Verb
thee (third-person singular present thees, present participle theein, past theet, past participle theet)
- (archaic, literary) To thrive, prosper
Etymology 3
From Middle English þe, from Old English þ? (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”).
Alternative forms
- dee
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ði/
- (Orkney, Shetland) IPA(key): /di/
Pronoun
thee (subjective case thou, reflexive thysel, possessive determiner thy)
- (archaic outside Orkney and Shetland) thee, you (2nd person singular object pronoun, informal)
- (Orkney, Shetland) thou, you (2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal)
Usage notes
- Regularly used throughout Scotland up until the middle of the 1800s; now only used as an archaism outside Shetland and Orkney.
References
- “thou, pers. pron, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
thee From the web:
- what thee means
- what the font
- what theme
- what the date
- what three words
- what thread count is good
shee
English
Pronoun
shee
- Obsolete spelling of she.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V
- ...but Eve
[...]
Stood to entertain her guest from Heav'n; no vaile
Shee needed, Vertue-proof, no thought infirme
Alter'd her cheek...
- ...but Eve
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V
Anagrams
- eesh
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish síd, síth. Cognate with Irish sí (“fairy mound”).
Noun
shee m (genitive singular shee, plural sheeghyn)
- fairy
Synonyms
- sheeaghan
Related terms
- mooinjer veggey (“fairies”)
Mutation
Postposition
shee
- by means of me, because of me
Inflection
shee From the web:
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- what sheesh mean
- what sheen for walls
- what sheets keep you cool
- what sheen for trim
- what sheets do hotels use
- what sheen for bathroom
- what sheen for kitchen cabinets