Thy Definition

thī
adjective
Used as a modifier before a noun.
American Heritage
Of, belonging to, made by, or done by thee.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(archaic) That belongs to thee; the possessive form of thou.

Wiktionary

(archaic or literary) Your (informal); that belongs to you (singular).

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conjuntion

(obsolete) Because.

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Origin of Thy

  • Middle English thy "because, forwhy", shortened form of for-thy, forthy (“for that"), from Old English for þȳ [þe] (“because [that]") from for (instrumental preposition) + þȳ (“by that"), instrumental case of þæt. More at the, that.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English thi, thy (“thy"), apocopated form of thin, thyn, thine (“thy", also "thine"), from Old English þīn (“thy, thine"), from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. More at thou.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English variant of thin thine from Old English thīn tu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thy Sentence Examples

  • May each evening see that all thy wishes have been performed.

  • Both worlds are illumined by thy rays.

  • Let not to get a living be thy trade, but thy sport.

  • Mary Thy Mother stopped at the foot of the Cross, but poverty mounted it with Thee and clasped Thee in her embrace unto the end; and when Thou wast dying of thirst, as a watchful spouse she prepared for Thee the gall.

  • May my chief aim be to live for thy glory.

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