thie

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish taige (compare Scottish Gaelic taigh), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

Noun

thie m (genitive singular thie, plural thieyn)

1. house, home, residency, habitation

   Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee. ― In my father's house are many mansions.

   Breb y kayt shen magh ass y thie. ― Kick that cat out of the house.

2. house, building

   Cre ta ny towshanyn jeh'n thie? ― What are the measurements of the house?

   Ta'n thie ain er un linney rish yn nah hie. ― Our house ranges with the next building.

   Ta ny thieyn d'yn droggal. ― The houses are under construction.

   Vel monney thieyn eu? ― Have you many houses?

Synonyms

• çhagh

Adjective

thie

1. indoor
2. domestic

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Middle English

Pronoun

thie

1. Alternative form of þe.

References

• “the, (pron.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From earlier thē, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronoun

thie m

1. that, that one

Alternative forms

• thē

Further reading

• “thie (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “thie (IV)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Determiner

thie m

1. that

Alternative forms

• thē

Inflection

Declension of thie

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
nominative	thie	that	thie-a	thia
accusative	thana	that	thie-a	thia
genitive	thes	thes	thero	thero
dative	themo	themo	thero	then
instrumental	thīu

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: die
  • Dutch: de, de
    • Afrikaans: die
  • Limburgish: dae

Further reading

• “thie (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “thie (IV)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012