thee

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: thē, IPA(key): /ðiː/ Rhymes: -iː 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.] ===== Alternative forms ===== Thee the (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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 þēon (“to thrive, prosper, flourish, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną (“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 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gaþeihan, “to increase, thrive”). ==== Alternative forms ==== the (Scotland) ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: thē, IPA(key): /θiː/ Rhymes: -iː ==== Verb ==== thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theeing, simple past and past participle theed) (intransitive, UK, obsolete) To thrive; prosper. ===== Derived terms ===== theedom ===== Related terms ===== thing === 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 === Etymology 4 === Respelling of the popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth. ==== Article ==== thee (very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of the. === Anagrams === ethe == Dutch == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) tee === Etymology === From Hokkien 茶 (tê). The "-h-" is a faux-Greek spelling (compare Greek τσάι (tsái)); the more basal spelling tee was previously common, especially in the early modern period, but is now obsolete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teː/ (Belgium) IPA(key): [teː] (Netherlands) IPA(key): [teɪ̯] Hyphenation: thee Rhymes: -eː === Noun === thee m (plural theeën, diminutive theetje n) tea (singular only, with the definite article de) tea-time, tea break, meeting in which tea is served (sports, figurative) half-time ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Anagrams === heet, hete == Green Hmong == === Etymology === From Thai ถ่าน (tàan) ("charcoal") or Lao ຖ່ານ (thān) ("charcoal"), ultimately from Middle Chinese 炭 (thanH) ("charcoal"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰẽ˧/ === Noun === thee charcoal, coal == 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 þēoh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /θi/ ==== Noun ==== thee (plural thees) thigh === Etymology 2 === From Middle English theen, from Old English þēon, from Proto-Germanic *þinhaną. ==== Verb ==== thee (third-person singular simple present thees, present participle theein, simple past and past participle theet) (archaic, literary) To thrive, prosper === Etymology 3 === From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“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, 2004–present, →OCLC. == White Hmong == === Etymology === From Thai ถ่าน (tàan) ("charcoal") or Lao ຖ່ານ (thān) ("charcoal"), ultimately from Middle Chinese 炭 (thanH) ("charcoal"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʰẽ˧/ === Noun === thee charcoal, coal == Yola == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ðiː/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English þe, from Old English þē. ==== Pronoun ==== thee thee === Etymology 2 === From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn. ==== Alternative forms ==== th' ==== Determiner ==== thee thy, your ===== Derived terms ===== o'thie === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronoun ==== thee thou === References ===