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# thy

determiner, possessive form, one person

«thy» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Belonging to you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thy/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say your.

### Examples

- I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord. (Torah GEN.49.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thy/#x1)
- "In thy wife's head," says she. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thy/#x2)
- And they shall hearken to thy voice. (Torah EXO.3.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thy/#x3)

### Note

Today: your.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thy» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thy» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/thy.html) on Mova free.