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thou¹ Definition

thou (t̸ho̵u)

pl. you, ye

Archaic personal pronoun in the second person singular: once used in familiar address, but now replaced by you except in poetic or religious use and in some British dialects: thee is the objective form, thine the possessive, and thyself the intensive and reflexive; thy is the possessive pronominal adjective

Etymology: ME < OE thu, akin to Ger du < IE *tu > L & Sans tu

thou² Definition

thou (t̸ho̵u)

noun pl. thou or thous

Slang thousand

thou Synonyms

thou

pron.

thee, yourself, thyself; see you.

thou Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • shalt: Thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
  • wouldst: What is this fountain, wouldst thou rightly know?
  • forsake: On the cross he cried, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Adjective modifier

  • knowest: And he answered, Knowest thou not what these be.
  • lovest: Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me?
  • thinkest: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father & he shall give me more then twelve legions of angels.
  • sayest: Speak out, and mumble not; what sayest thou, sirrah?
  • eatest: They had broken his law, and knew the consequences - " In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.
  • speakest: Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

Modifies a noun

  • didst: Thou didst enlist early in the career of glory in the Order.
  • wilt: Thou wilt say then unto me; Why doth he yet find fault?
  • dost: Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
  • canst: Thou canst not present any service or sacrifice that will at all avail thee for averting the Divine wrath or winning the Divine favor.
  • wast: O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
  • mayest: I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover.

Noun used with modifier

  • dost: Why else dost thou think I have caused a flood to descend upon the earth?
  • wilt: The king prayed in the court of the temple, " O our God, wilt thou not judge them?
  • canst: Trace your own hearts: how canst thou say, I am not polluted?
  • didst: Didst thou ever see a lark in a cage?
  • O: Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.
thou Quotes

Jedes geeinzelte Du ist ein Durchblick zu ihm. Durch jedes geeinzelte Du spricht das Grundwort das Ewige an. Every particularThou is a glimpse through to the eternal Thou; by means of every particularThou the primary word addresses the eternal Thou. 164

—Buber, Martin

Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.

—Penn,William

No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation. No man has a right to say to his country,'Thus far thou shalt go and no further.'

—Parnell, Charles Stewart