thei

See also: þei

English

Pronoun

thei

1. Obsolete spelling of they.
   • 1566, John Knox, The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)‎^[1]:

     But potent is he against whome thei faught; for when thay wicked war in greatast securitie, then begane God to schaw his anger.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

thei

1. alternative spelling of þei (“they”)
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Determiner

thei

1. alternative spelling of þei (“thy”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

thei

1. (Northern) alternative spelling of þei (“thee”)

Etymology 4

Noun

thei (plural theies)

1. alternative spelling of þei (“thigh”)

Etymology 5

Adverb

thei

1. (Early Middle English) alternative spelling of þei (“though”)

Conjunction

thei

1. (Early Middle English) alternative spelling of þei (“though”)

Etymology 6

Numeral

thei

1. alternative spelling of þei (“two”)

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thay (“to know, be able”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjəj (“to know”).

Verb

thei (stem II theih)

1. can, may, be able to [with a preceding stem I verb]

Adverb

thei

1. habitually

Derived terms

• thlawhtheihna

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thay (“fruit”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“fruit”).

Noun

thei

1. fruit

Derived terms

• lakhuihthei

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “thei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθei̯/

Noun

thei

1. aspirate mutation of tei

Mutation

Mutated forms of tei

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tei	dei	nhei	thei

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.