thine
See also: Thine
English
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.
Pronunciation
    
- (UK) enPR: thīn, IPA(key): /ðaɪn/
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- Rhymes: -aɪn
Determiner
    
thine
- (archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
-  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:31:- Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
 
-  1895, Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics), Samuel A. Ward (music), “America the Beautiful”:- Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!
 
 
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Translations
    
possessive determiner
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Pronoun
    
thine
- (archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours
-  1996, Weird Al Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Amish Paradise”, in Bad Hair Day:- But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699
 
 
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Translations
    
possessive pronoun
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Middle English
    
    
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