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What is the difference between thine and thy?

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In archaic terms the difference between thine and thy

is that thine is singular second person possessive pronoun while thy is that belongs to thee; the possessive form of thou.

As a pronoun thine

is singular second person possessive pronoun.

As a conjunction thy is

because.

thine

English

(wikipedia thine)

Determiner

  • (archaic) Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy ).

    • Pronoun

  • (archaic) Singular second person possessive pronoun.

    • See also

    * thee * thou * thy * your * yours

    Anagrams

    * ----

    thy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . More at thou.

    Determiner

  • (archaic) That belongs to thee; the possessive form of thou .
  • (archaic, or, literary) your (informal); that belongs to you (singular).
    • See also
    * thee * thine * thou * thyself * your

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (term) "because, forwhy", shortened form of , instrumental case of . More at the, that.

    Conjunction

    (-)
  • (obsolete) because.

    • See also

    * forthy * why * forwhy

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