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yourn

yourn

2 9.9
An old or local word that shows something belongs to you
  • pronoun
  • Archaic
: 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

yours
vsyourn
∞ 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
thine
vsyourn
  • Archaic
63 9.9

Yours in old English showing something belongs to you

is the older dialect form rather than the archaic literary form

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'.