Thees vs These - What's the difference?
thees | these |
(thee)
(archaic, literary)
* 1598 , Shakespeare, Henry IV part 1 , 1.2.49-50:
*
(Quaker, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch English) Thou.
* Thee is a little strange, I think.
To address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.
To thrive; prosper.
* Spenser
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
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These is a anagram of thees.
As a verb thees
is third-person singular of thee.As a determiner these is
plural of lang=en.As a pronoun these is
plural of lang=en.thees
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * ----thee
English
(wikipedia thee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) thee, the, from (etyl) . More at (l).Pronoun
- Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part?
- Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
Usage notes
When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third-person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").Verb
See also
(English personal pronouns)Statistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
- Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
: From Pitman zee , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.Anagrams
* English personal pronouns ----these
English
(wikipedia these)Determiner
(en determiner)citation, passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
- These pretzels are making me thirsty.