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/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Determiner

thine

1. (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, “America the Beautiful”, Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics), Samuel A. Ward (music):

     Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!

Derived terms

• to thine own self be true

 

Translations

possessive determiner

• Belarusian: твой (tvoj)
• Bulgarian: твой (tvoj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐde)

• Czech: tvůj (cs)
• Dutch: jouw (nl), je (nl); (dated or Belgium) uw (nl); (obsolete) dijn (nl)
• Egyptian:

  Late Egyptian: (pꜣy.k m), (tꜣy.k f), (nꜣy.k pl) (owner is male), (pꜣy.ṯ m), (tꜣy.ṯ f), (nꜣy.ṯ pl) (owner is female)

  Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian: (.k) (owner is male), (.ṯ) (owner is female)

• Esperanto: cia (eo), ciaj (eo) pl
• Finnish: sinun (fi)
• French: ton (fr) m, ta (fr) f, tes (fr) m pl or f pl
• Georgian: შენი (šeni)
• German: dein (de)
• Italian: tuo (it) m, tua (it) f, tuoi (it) m pl, tue (it) f pl
• Japanese: 汝の (nanji no)
• Macedonian: твој (tvoj)
• Polish: twój (pl)
• Portuguese: teu (pt) m
• Romanian: tău (ro) m or n, ta (ro) f, tăi m pl, tale (ro) f pl or n pl
• Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: твој

  Roman: tvoj

• Slovak: tvoj (sk)
• Slovene: tvój (sl)
• Spanish: tu (es), tuyo (es) m, tuya (es) f
• Swedish: din (sv)
• Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij)

Pronoun

thine

1. (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

Translations

possessive pronoun

• Arabic: (belonging to one person) لَك m (lak), لَكِ f (laki)

  Egyptian Arabic: (male owner) لك (lik), بتاعك m (betaʕak), بتاعتاك f (betaʕtak), بتوعاك pl (betoʕak); (female owner) لك (liki), بتاعك m (betaʕik), بتاعتاك f (betaʕtik), بتوعاك pl (betoʕik)

• Belarusian: твой (tvoj)
• Bulgarian: твой (tvoj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐde)

• Coptic:

  Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲕ m (phōk), ⲑⲱⲕ f (thōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲫⲱ m (phō), ⲑⲱ f (thō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female)

  Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲕ m (pōk), ⲧⲱⲕ f (tōk), ⲛⲟⲩⲕ pl (nouk) (owner is male); ⲡⲱ m (pō), ⲧⲱ f (tō), ⲛⲟⲩ pl (nou) (owner is female)

• Czech: tvůj (cs)
• Dutch: de jouwe; (dated or Belgium) de uwe; (obsolete) de dijne
• Finnish: sinun (fi)
• French: le tien (fr) m, la tienne (fr) f, les tiens (fr) m pl, les tiennes (fr) f pl
• Georgian: შენი (šeni)
• German: deiner (de), der deine
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 m (þeins)
• Hungarian: tiéd (hu)
• Italian: il tuo m sg, la tua f sg, i tuoi m pl, le tue f pl
• Japanese: お前の (ja) (おまえの, omae no)
• Macedonian: твој (tvoj)
• Old English: þīn
• Polish: twój (pl)
• Portuguese: teu (pt) m, seu (pt) m
• Romanian: al tău, a ta, ai tăi, ale tale
• Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: твој

  Roman: tvoj

• Slovak: tvoj (sk)
• Slovene: tvój (sl)
• Spanish: el tuyo m, la tuya f
• Swedish: din (sv)
• Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij)

See also

• thee
• thou
• thy
• your
• yours

Anagrams

• Neith, Thein, Thien, nithe, thein

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪnʲə]

Noun

thine

1. Lenited form of tine.

Middle English

Determiner

thine (subjective pronoun þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thy”)

Pronoun

thine (subjective þou)

1. Alternative form of þin (“thine”)