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thine

Thine is defined as something belongs to you.

(pronoun)

An example of thine is John telling Mary that the horse belongs to John, by saying the horse is thine.

See thine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

pronoun

that or those belonging to thee (you): the possessive form of thou, used without a following noun: this book is thine; thine are better; is he a friend of thine?

Origin: ME thin < OE, gen. of thu, thou (ME loss of -n before a consonant gives thy)

possessive pronominal adjective

thy: used esp. before a word beginning with a vowel or the letter h

See thine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

pron. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to thee.

adjective A possessive form of thou¹

Used instead of thy before an initial vowel or h: “The presidential candidates are practicing the first rule of warfare: know thine enemy” (Eleanor Clift).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English thin; see thy

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