Thee

/ðiː/ pronoun

Definition

An archaic or poetic form of 'you' used as the object of a verb or preposition. It was the informal singular form in Middle and Early Modern English.

Etymology

From Old English 'þē', the accusative and dative form of 'þū' (thou). It was the intimate, informal form of address, contrasting with the formal 'you', but gradually disappeared from standard English except in religious, poetic, and dialectal contexts.

Kelly Says

Ironically, 'thee' and 'thou' were originally the informal, intimate forms of address - like modern 'tu' in French - but they now sound extremely formal to us because they survived mainly in religious and legal language!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ARالعربية
أنت
BNবাংলা
তোমাকে
CACatalà
tu
CSČeština
tobě
DADansk
dig
DEDeutsch
dir
ELΕλληνικά
εσένα
ESEspañol
te
FAفارسی
تو
FISuomi
sinut
FRFrançais
toi
GUGU
તમે
HAHA
ka
HEעברית
אתה
HIहिन्दी
तुम्हें
HUMagyar
téged
IDBahasa Indonesia
Anda
IGIG
gị
ITItaliano
te
JA日本語
お前
KKKK
сізге
KMKM
អ្នក
KO한국어
MRMR
तुम्हाला
MSBahasa Melayu
awak
MYမြန်မာ
သင်
NLNederlands
jou
NONorsk
deg
PAPA
ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ
PLPolski
tobie
PTPortuguês
te
RORomână
tie
RUРусский
тебе
SVSvenska
dig
SWKiswahili
wewe
TAதமிழ்
உனக்கு
TEతెలుగు
నీకు
THไทย
เธอ
TLTL
ikaw
TRTürkçe
sana
UKУкраїнська
тобі
URاردو
تمہیں
VITiếng Việt
bạn
YOYO
ZH中文
ZUZU
wena

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