thine
pronunciation
How to pronounce thine in British English:
UK [ðaɪn]
How to pronounce thine in American English:
US [ðaɪn]
Word Origin
- thine (pron.)
- Old English þin, possessive pronoun (originally genitive of þu "thou"), from Proto-Germanic *thinaz (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon thin, Middle Dutch dijn, Old High German din, German dein, Old Norse þin), from PIE *t(w)eino-, suffixed form of second person singular pronominal base *tu-. A brief history of the second person pronoun in English can be found here; see also thou.
Example
- 1. Till we are wholly thine .
- 2. What language is thine , o sea ?
- 3. Wear it against thine heart .
- 4. Every thing devoted in israel shall be thine .
- 5. Their sins are thine to endure .