ty

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See also: Ty, -ty, ty., .ty, Tý, tŷ, tỷ, Tỵ, and ти

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ty

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tahitian.

English[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ty

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of thank you.

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ty (plural [please provide])

  1. season

References[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *tuu̯an, from earlier *tuu̯ān, from earlier *tuu̯ām, from Proto-Indo-European *tuu̯ēm (*twé, accusative of *túh₂ (“you”)). Compare Latin te.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. (personal) accusative of ti, you (singular)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 216

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • te (Standard Cornish)

Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. you (informal second person singular pronoun)
  2. thou
  3. thee

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Czech ty, from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɪ/
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Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. (personal) you (second person singular)

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative ty vy
genitive tebe/tě vás
dative tobě/ti vám
accusative tebe/tě vás
vocative - -
locative tobě vás
instrumental tebou vámi

Related terms[edit]

Czech personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person já my
2nd person familiar ty vy
polite vy
3rd person m on oni
f ona ony
n ono ona
reflexive sebe, se (clitic)

Further reading[edit]

  • ty in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ty in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þýða (“to make friends”), Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną, cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þiuþjan, “to bless”). It may originally be the same verb as *þiudijaną (“to interpret”), which is the source of Old Norse þýða (whence Danish tyde) and German deuten.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ty (imperative ty, present tyr or tyer, past tense tyede, past participle tyet)

  1. to turn to, resort to

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

ty

  1. urine

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈc]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈceː]

Letter[edit]

ty (lower case, upper case Ty)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called tyé and written in the Latin script.

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ty ty-k
accusative ty-t ty-ket
dative ty-nek ty-knek
instrumental ty-vel ty-kkel
causal-final ty-ért ty-kért
translative ty-vé ty-kké
terminative ty-ig ty-kig
essive-formal ty-ként ty-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive ty-ben ty-kben
superessive ty-n ty-ken
adessive ty-nél ty-knél
illative ty-be ty-kbe
sublative ty-re ty-kre
allative ty-hez ty-khez
elative ty-ből ty-kből
delative ty-ről ty-kről
ablative ty-től ty-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		ty-é ty-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		ty-éi ty-kéi
Possessive forms of ty
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ty-m ty-im
2nd person sing. ty-d ty-id
3rd person sing. ty-je ty-i
1st person plural ty-nk ty-ink
2nd person plural ty-tek ty-itek
3rd person plural ty-jük ty-ik

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ty in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ty sg

  1. you (singular, informal)

Declension[edit]

Declension of the second-person pronouns
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ty wej wy
Genitive śi
tebje¹ 		waju was
Dative śi
tebje¹ 		wama wam
Accusative śi
tebje¹ 		waju was
Instrumental tobu wama wami
Locative tebje wama was
Possessive determiner twój waju waš

¹ Both śi and tebje are used when no preposition precedes, but after a preposition only tebje is used.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

ty

  1. Alternative form of teye (“chest, enclosure”)

Etymology 2[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ty

  1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of þi (“thy”)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse þýða.[1]

Verb[edit]

ty (present tense tyr, past tense tydde, past participle tydd/tytt, passive infinitive tyast, present participle tyande, imperative ty)

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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse týja.[1]

Verb[edit]

ty (present tense tyr, past tense tydde, past participle tydd/tytt, passive infinitive tyast, present participle tyande, imperative ty)

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Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse tygi (“tool”).

Noun[edit]

ty n (definite singular tyet, indefinite plural ty, definite plural tya or tyi)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tøy

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ty” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ty (second person)

  1. (personal) you (second person singular)

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular dual plural
nominative ty va, vy vy
genitive tebe, tě vajú vás
dative tobě, ti vama vám, vem
accusative tě, tebe va, vy, vajú vy, vás
vocative — — —
locative tobě vajú vás
instrumental tobú (tobou), tebú (tebou) vama vámi

Descendants[edit]

  • Czech: ty

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ty, from Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. you (second person singular pronoun)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Ty is the T-form; it is used to address friends, family, children, teenagers, and often peers. The V-forms are pan m and pani f.

Declension[edit]

Declension of ty
singular
nominative ty
genitive ciebie/cię
dative tobie/ci
accusative ciebie/cię
instrumental tobą
locative tobie
vocative ty

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ty in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ty in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. you (singular)

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. you (personal, singular)

Declension[edit]

Declension of ty
singular plural
nominative ty vy
genitive ťa, teba vás
dative ti, tebe vám
accusative ťa, teba vás
locative tebe vás
instrumental tebou vami

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ty in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish þy, from Old Norse því.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ty

  1. (archaic, poetic) because, therefore, thus

Usage notes[edit]

ty as well as för always introduces a main clause, while the other given synonyms all introduces secondary clauses. Compare:

  • Hon gick inte och lade sig, ty/för hon var inte trött.
  • Hon gick inte och lade sig, därför att/eftersom/emedan hon inte var trött.

Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

ty (present tyr, preterite tydde, supine tytt, imperative ty)

  1. to cling to, to turn to [someone/something] for protection or comfort.
    När barn blir rädda tyr de sig oftast till sina föräldrar
    When children get scared, they usually turn to their parents for comfort.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of ty (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ty —
Supine tytt —
Imperative ty —
Imper. plural1 tyn —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tyr tydde — —
Ind. plural1 ty tydde — —
Subjunctive2 ty tydde — —
Participles
Present participle tyende
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading[edit]

Tapayuna[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Northern Jê *ˀcy (“seed”) < Proto-Cerrado *cym (“seed”) < Proto-Jê *cym (“seed”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ty

  1. seed

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ty, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronoun[edit]

ty

  1. you, thou

Declension[edit]

Declension of the second-person pronouns
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ty wój wy
Genitive æe
(after preposition) tebje 		waju was
Dative æi
(after preposition) tebi 		wamaj wam
Accusative æe
(after preposition) tebje 		waju was
Instrumental tobu wamaj wami
Locative tebi wamaj was

Westrobothnian[edit]

Verb[edit]

ty

  1. Alternative form of tyd

Adjective[edit]

ty

  1. Alternative form of tyd

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps cognate with English tea.

Noun[edit]

ty

  1. a drink
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Ty o' letch.
      A drink of small beer.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 73
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