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yourn

yourn

9.9
An old or local word that shows something belongs to you
  • pronoun
  • Archaic
translation icon : tuyo
  • That coat over there is yourn, not mine.

Examples

  • Is this pencil yourn or did someone else leave it here?

  • He asked if the house on the corner was yourn.

  • Is this book yourn?

  • That hat is yourn.

  • Is this pencil yourn or did someone else leave it here?

  • That coat over there is yourn, not mine.

  • He asked if the house on the corner was yourn.

Synonyms

thine
vsyourn
  • Archaic
54 9.9

Yours in old English showing something belongs to you

is the older dialect form rather than the archaic literary form
yours
vsyourn
22 1.0

It shows that something belongs to the person or people you are speaking to

is the older dialect form of that same possessive

Surface Forms

yourn possessive determiner

Morphology

yourn = your (transparent) = your + n

A dialectal possessive formed by adding an 'n' to 'your', so its meaning is directly predictable from 'your'.

Etymology

The word yourn is an old or dialect form of your with a short -n added. It simply means 'yours' or 'belonging to you'.