thir

English

Determiner

thir

1. Obsolete spelling of their.

Anagrams

• rith

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Scots

Alternative forms

• this (Doric)

Etymology

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Pronoun

thir

1. these
   • 1603, Elizabeth Melville, “Ane godlie Dream”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), lines 49–50:

     Thir ar the dayes that thou sa lang foretald, / Sould cum befoir his wretchit warld sould end.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Determiner

thir

1. these
   • 2016 April 13, Matthew Fitt, “Shame o Scots speakers treatit as third cless citizens”, in The National:

     Some mair kenspeckle than ithers, thir fower leids are aw in the same wund-blawn boatie as Scots.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Welsh

Noun

thir

1. Aspirate mutation of tir (“land”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tir	dir	nhir	thir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.