thine
UK/ðaɪn/
thine determiner: second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
Determiner (1)
thine
- Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
- Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:31
- Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!1895, “America the Beautiful”, Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics), Samuel A. Ward (music)
Pronoun (1)
thine
- Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.
- But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 16991996, Weird Al Yankovic, “Amish Paradise”, in Bad Hair Day
Determiner (2) capitalized: Thine
Thine
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
- Forth on Thine errands send us / To labour for Thy sake.1931 January, Frank Houghton, “The Unfinished Task”, in China’s Millions, volume LVII, number 1, page 6
Pronoun (2) capitalized: Thine
Thine
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
thine meaning in Arabic
thine in Arabic
- possessive pronoun
- لَك lak, لَكِ laki
Examples of thine in a sentence
- But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.
- But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Thine empire is under threat from offcumdens and men that want to pull you under.
Origin of thine
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.
Words formed from thine
Words that rhyme with thine
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about thine
- What does thine mean?
- Thine means second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
- What is thine in Arabic?
- Thine in Arabic is لَك (lak), لَكِ (laki). See Thine meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is thine?
- Thine can be a determiner or a pronoun.
- How do you pronounce thine?
- Thine is pronounced /ðaɪn/ (UK).
Words near thine in the dictionary
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