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ye

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye" and үе

English Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle English ye, ȝe, from Old English ġē (“ye”), the nominative case of the second-person plural personal pronoun, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, a North-West variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz (“ye”), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs, *yū́ (“ye”), plural of *túh₂. Cognate with Scots ye (“ye”), Saterland Frisian jie, Dutch gij, jij, je (“ye”), Low German ji, jie (“ye”), German ihr (“ye”), Danish and Swedish I (“ye”), Icelandic ér (“ye”). See also you.

Pronunciation Edit

  • (UK, US) enPR: yē, IPA(key): /jiː/, [jɪi], [ji(ː)]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Pronoun Edit

ye (personal pronoun)

  1. (archaic outside Northern England, Cornwall, Ireland, Newfoundland) You (the people being addressed).
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 17, page 512:
      My liefe (ſayd ſhe) ye know, that long ygo, / Whileſt ye in durance dwelt, ye to me gaue / A little mayde, the which ye chylded tho ; / The ſame againe if now ye liſt to haue, / The ſame is yonder Lady, whom high God did ſaue.
    • 1671, Elisha Coles, chapter 6, in ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ: Or, a Metrical Paraphraſe on the Hiſtory of Our Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt : Dedicated to His Univerſal Church‎[1]:
      Queſtion me then no more; whate'er ye want, / Ask in my Name, and God ſhall ſurely grant. / You've asked nothing yet for Jesus sake : / Ask and receive, and of my joyes partake.
    • 1995, Elizabeth II, “Legal Notice 247 of 1996”, in Hong Kong Government Gazette‎[2], page B1096:
      Know Ye that We have declared and by these Presents do declare our Will and Pleasure as follows— […]
  2. (archaic) You (the singular person being addressed).
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick‎[3], chapter 23:
      Know ye now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; [...]
Usage notes Edit

Ye was originally used only for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second-person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today. In modern Hiberno-English usage, ye is used as a subject or an object in the plural, to contrast with you (singular).

Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [4]

Etymology 2 Edit

From Middle English þe. Early press typographies lacked the letter þ (“thorn”), for which the letter y was substituted due to their resemblance in blackletter hand (etymological y was for a while distinguished by a dot, ẏ). Short form yͤ continued long after the digraph th had replaced þ elsewhere.

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • Traditionally pronounced the same as the, but now often pronounced with the ordinary sound of ⟨y⟩: IPA(key): /jiː/

Article Edit

ye

  1. (archaic, definite) The.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 1:17, column 2:
      Now vnto yͤ king eternal, immortall, inuiſible, the onely wiſe God, be honour and glory for euer ⁊ euer. Amen.
    • 1647, The old deluder, Satan, Act. (cited in American Public School Law, K. Alexander, M. Alexander, 1995)
      It being one cheife proiect of ye ould deluder, Satan, to keepe men from the knowledge of Scriptures, as in formr times by keeping ym in an unknowne tongue, so in these lattr times by perswading from ye use of tongues, yt so at least ye true sence & meaning of ye originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint seeming deceivers, yt learning may not be buried in ye church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting or endeavors,—
    Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe (pseudoarchaic)
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

Shortened from yes or yeah.

Interjection Edit

ye

  1. (slang) Yes, yeah.

Etymology 4 Edit

From Russian е (je).

 
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Noun Edit

ye (plural yes)

  1. The Cyrillic letter Е, е, featured in various Slavic and Turkic languages.
Translations Edit

Anagrams Edit

Asturian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝe/, [ˈɟ͡ʝe]

Verb Edit

ye

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ser

Azerbaijani Edit

Verb Edit

ye

  1. second-person singular imperative positive degree of yemək

Bambara Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Postposition Edit

ye

  1. at, towards
  2. for
    N ye nin kɛ Madu ye
    I did this for Madou
  3. with
    N bɛ n ko ni safunɛ ye
    I wash myself with soap

Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

ye (auxiliary)

  1. (verbal auxiliary for transitive verbs) marks an action which is accomplished
    Ne ye moto san
    I bought a motorbike

Etymology 3 Edit

Verb Edit

ye

  1. (transitive) to see
    Ne m'a ye fɔlɔ
    I haven't seen him yet
Derived terms Edit

Catawba Edit

Noun Edit

ye

  1. man (adult male human), men
  2. person, people
  3. Native American Indian(s)

Usage notes Edit

  • Catawba nouns do not inflect for number.
  • Many of Catawba's names for tribes incorporate this word, e.g. yę iswa (“the Catawba”, literally “people of the river”), yę manterą (“the Cherokee”, literally “people born in/on the land”).
  • The vowel of this word is generally nasalized; this is reflected in different ways or not at all in different transcriptions: ye, yę, yen. Sometimes, an initial i, also nasalized, is found: inyen / įyę.

References Edit

  • 1858, Oscar M. Lieber, Vocabulary of the Catawba Language
  • 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)
  • 1942, Frank G. Speck and C. E. Shaeffer, Catawba Kinship and Social Organization
  • 1945, Frank T. Siebert, Jr., Linguistic Classification of Catawba (published in the International Journal of American Linguistics)

Fula Edit

Etymology Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Particle Edit

ye

  1. so, therefore
  2. truly
  3. not at all

References Edit

Haitian Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From French est (“is”), third person singular of the indicative present of être (“to be”).

Verb Edit

ye

  1. Form of se used at the end of a phrase, after the predicate and the subject, in that order; to be.
    Kimoun ou ye? (“Who are you?”, literally “Who you are?”)

Ido Edit

Etymology Edit

From Esperanto je.

Pronunciation Edit

Preposition Edit

ye

  1. to, at, by (preposition used when no other fits the meaning)
    Lu kaptis la kavalo per lazo ye la kolo.
    He/she captured the horse by a lasso to the neck.
    Ye la angulo di la strado.
    At the corner of the street.
    Ilu prenis elu ye la tayo.
    He took her by the waist.

Noun Edit

ye (plural ye-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

See also Edit

Japanese Edit

Romanization Edit

ye

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いぇ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of イェ
  3. (obsolete) Rōmaji transcription of 𛀁
  4. (obsolete) Rōmaji transcription of エ
  5. (obsolete) Rōmaji transcription of 𛄡

Mandarin Edit

Romanization Edit

ye

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of yé.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of yě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of yè.

Usage notes Edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maquiritari Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ye

  1. (Ye'kwana dialect) Alternative form of iye (“wood, tree”)

Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old English ġē, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (with the nominative ending added). Compare the second-person dual pronoun ȝit.

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

ye (accusative yow, genitive youres, youren, possessive determiner your)

  2. Second-person plural pronoun: ye, you (plural).
  3. (formal) second-person singular pronoun: you (singular).
    • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Book II”, in Troilus and Criseyde, lines 22–28:
      Ȝe knowe ek that in fourme of ſpeche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand ȝeer, and wordes tho /That hadden pris now wonder nyce and ſtraunge /Us thenketh hem, and ȝet thei ſpake hem so / And ſpedde as wel in loue as men now do / Ek forto wynnen loue in ſondry ages / In ſondry londes, ſondry ben vſages […]
      You also know that the form of language is in flux; / within a thousand years, words / that had currency; really weird and bizarre / they seem to us now, but they still spoke them / and accomplished as much in love as men do now. / As for winning love across ages and / across nations, there are lots of usages […]
Usage notes Edit

The formal singular usage, following the T-V distinction, was used to address one's superiors, elders or others to whom one might wish to show politeness or respect.

Descendants Edit
  • English: ye, yee
  • Scots: ȝe, ye
  • Yola: ye

Verb Edit

ye (present participle yeyn)

  1. Address a single person by the use of the pronoun ye instead of thou.
    • 1511, Promptorium Parvulorum (de Worde), sig. M.iiiᵛ/2
      Yeyn or sey ye with worshyp, viso.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also Edit
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd-person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd-person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old English gēa, from Proto-West Germanic *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja.

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

ye

  1. yes, yea
Descendants Edit

References Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

Noun Edit

yë (plural yën)

  1. Alternative form of eie

Etymology 4 Edit

Article Edit

ye

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þe (“the”)

Etymology 5 Edit

Pronoun Edit

ye

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þe (“thee”)

Norn Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse eigi.

Adverb Edit

ye

  1. (Orkney) not

Pali Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Alternative forms

Pronoun Edit

ye

  1. masculine nominative/accusative plural of ya (“who (relative)”)

Scots Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

IPA(key): /jiː/, /jɪ/

Pronoun Edit

ye (second person, singular or plural; possessive determiner yer, possessive pronoun yers, singular reflexive yersel, plural reflexive yersel)

  1. you

See also Edit

Scots personal pronouns
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular A
I, ik		 me
mei		 masel
mysel		 mines ma
my
plural we us, we's
hus		 oorsels, oorsel
wirsels, wirsel		 oors
wirs		 oor
wir
second person singular standard (formal) ye
you, yow		 ye
you, yow		 yersel
yoursel		 yers
yours		 yer
your
Insular (informal) thoo thee thysel, theesel thines thy, thee, thees
plural ye, yese
you, youse		 ye, yese
you, youse
theer		 yesels
yoursels		 yers
yours		 yer
your
third person singular masculine he, e him, im himsel, hissel his, is his, is
feminine she her, er hersel hers her, er
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itsel
hitsel		 its
hits		 its
hits
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		ane ane – – ane's
plural thay thaim thaimsel, thaimsels thairs thair

Spanish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝe/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃe/ [ˈʃe]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒe/ [ˈʒe]

  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: ye

Noun Edit

ye f (plural yes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
    Synonym: i griega

Usage notes Edit

  • "Ye" was recommended by the Real Academia Española as a simpler name for the more common i griega (literally “Greek i”). Adoption of it has been slow.

Further reading Edit

Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

From Spanish ye, the Spanish name of the letter Y/y.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: ye
  • IPA(key): /ˈje/, [ˈjɛ]

Noun Edit

ye (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)

  1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y, in the Abecedario.
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) way, (in the Abakada alphabet) ya

Turkish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Noun Edit

ye

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Borrowed from Persian یه‎ (ye).

Noun Edit

ye

  1. Last letter of the Arabic alphabet: ي
    • Previous: و‎

Etymology 3 Edit

Verb Edit

ye

  1. second-person singular imperative of yemek

Uzbek Edit

Verb Edit

ye

  1. imperative of yemoq

Volapük Edit

Conjunction Edit

ye

  1. however

Yola Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Contraction Edit

ye

  1. Alternative form of yie (“to give”)[1]

Etymology 2 Edit

From Middle English ye, from Old English ġē, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ.

Pronoun Edit

ye

  1. you[1]
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
      Ye be welcome, hearthilee welcome, mee joees,
      You are welcome, heartily welcome, my joys,
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

Article Edit

ye

  1. Alternative form of a (“the”)[1]
    • 1867, “Prologue”, in CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Ye soumissive Spakeen o'ouz Dwelleres o' Baronie Forthe, Weisforthe.
      The humble Address of the Inhabitants of the Barony of Forth, Wexford.

Etymology 4 Edit

Determiner Edit

ye

  1. Pronunciation spelling of yer (“your”).[2]
    • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 14:
      Thou liest valse co secun that thou an ye thick,
      You lie false, said the second, that you and your kid,

References Edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 80, 94 & 114
  2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

Yoruba Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

yè

  1. (Idanre, Ondo) mother
    Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, mọ́mì, yèyé, iye, èyé, ùyá, abiyamọ
  2. (Idanre, Ondo) a term of endearment or respect for an older woman or female relative
    Synonyms: mà, àǹtí, ìyá, màmá, mọ́mì, yèyé, iye, èyé
    A jọ̀ọ́, yè i ― Please, auntie
Usage notes Edit
  • (term of endearment): usually used with mi (“third-person singular possessive pronoun”).
  • (both senses): follow greetings and pleasantries.

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

yé

  1. (transitive) to understand
    Ṣó yé yín? ― Do you understand?
    Kò yé mi ― I don't understand

Etymology 3 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

yé

  1. to stop; to cease
    Yé ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀! ― Stop doing that!

Etymology 4 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

yè

  1. (intransitive) to survive
    Ògún yè, mo yè ― Ogun survives, I survive

Etymology 5 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

yé

  1. (transitive) to lay (eggs)
    Adìẹ mi ti yé ẹyin ― My hen's laid eggs

Zulu Edit

Pronoun Edit

-ye

  1. Combining stem of yena.
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