thy
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9.9
An old or poetic way to say your when speaking to one person
- pronoun
- /θaɪ/
- Archaic
:
tu
- Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
- thou and thy
- thee and thy
- thy neighbor
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
- And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
- Just as a man, love thy enemy.
- Another celebrated commandment is love thy neighbor as thyself.
- Another determinate ethical law was love thy neighbor as thyself.
- For the Kingdom now awaits you, and thy soul must be aligned.
- In Leviticus, in Mark, in Matthew, love thy neighbor as thyself.
- Thou shalt not take the name of Lord thy God in vain.
- And they brought people in all backgrounds and their prayer was Thy will be done.
- You know, like thou should not covet thy neighbor's wife.
- Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
- I could a tale unfold His lightest word would Harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood.
- It does, however, say to love thy neighbor and to not judge other people.
- The radical thing was, I mean, love thy enemy.
- Make me an instrument of thy well-being is a good prayer.
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Examples
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"Honor thy father "and thy mother!"
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Lay it to thy heart, and farewell.
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Save me, oh God, by thy name.
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"Am I not, then, thy lady?" Ask me no more if east or west.
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Lord, give me the voice of thy people in prayer.
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Thy Kingdom come, Lord, thy will be done here on Earth as it is in Heaven.
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And therefore he said, love thy neighbor as thyself.
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And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
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Thou shalt not take the name of Lord thy God in vain.
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Save me, oh God, by thy name.
Surface Forms
thy subject case
Etymology
Thy is an old English form of 'your' used to speak to one person and was used with thou, the old 'you' for a single person. It is related to the German word dein, which also means 'your', so thy simply marks that something 'belongs to you'.