THOU

Thou

The word thou is a second person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in almost all contexts by you. It is used in parts of Northern England and by Scots . Thou is the nominative form; the oblique/objective form is thee, and the possessive is thy or thine. When thou is the grammatical subject of a finite verb in the indicative mood, the verb form ends on t, most often with the ending -st, but in some cases just -t . In Middle English, thou was sometimes abbreviated by putting a small "u" over the letter thorn: .

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thou

Noun

  1. A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc.

Verb

  1. To address (a person) using the pronoun , especially as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
    I thou thee, thou traitor! (Edward Coke to Walter Raleigh)
    Don't thou them as thous thee! (Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children)
  2. To use the word .


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