þes
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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