þes
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English þēs, þēos, þis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
þes
Alternative forms[edit]
- þese, þece, þez, þeze, þeis, þeise, þis, þise, þeys, þeyse, þys, þyse, dese, dyse, þiȝe, þyȝe, tys, yece, yese, yesse, yeis, yeys, yeise, yeyse, yeus, yhese, yise, yisse, yies, yiese, ȝese, ȝeyse, ȝise, ȝyse
- þies, þiese, þyes, þyese (Northern); þiez, yes, yis, þyez (East Anglia); þeos, þeose (West Midland); þeos, þeose (Southwest Midland); þæs (early Southwest Midland); þeus, þeuse, þus, þuse (Southwest)
- tes (Early Middle English, following t); teos (early Southwest, following d)
Pronoun[edit]
þes
Alternative forms[edit]
- þese, þesse, þez, þeis, þeise, þis, þise, þies, þiese, þiez, þeys, þeyse, þys, þyse, þyes, þyese, þyez
- þeos, þeose, þuse, þeus, þues (Southwest)
- þeos, þeose, þuse (Southwest Midland)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “thēs(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “thēs(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Determiner[edit]
þes
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (“the, that, this”)
Pronoun[edit]
þes
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (“of that, of this”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Determiner[edit]
þes
- Alternative form of þis (“this”)
Pronoun[edit]
þes
- Alternative form of þis (“this”)
Adverb[edit]
þes
- Alternative form of þis (“this”)
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From West Germanic, the base being *þes-, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Cognate with Old Frisian thīs, Old High German dese, Old Norse þessi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
þēs (demonstrative)
Pronoun[edit]
þēs (demonstrative)
Declension[edit]
Declension of þēs
In later language the feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular is also þissere, þisre, and the genitive plural is also þissera, þisra.
References[edit]
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