Thy (district)
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Etymology 1
- From the thi, thy, apocopated form of M.E. thin(e), thyn "thy, thine" from "thy, thine", genitive of "thou". More at thou
Pronoun
thy
- That belongs to thee; the possessive form of thou.
- (Archaic or literary): your (informal); that belongs to you (singular).
Etymology 2
thy, short for for thy, forthy from for þȳ [þe] "because [that]" from for (instrumental preposition) + þȳ "by that", instrumental case of þæt. More at the, that