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Thy Moderate

Thy has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Det · Conj

Definitions
Det
1

Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).

"The prayer began by addressing Thy name as holy and reverent."

2

Honorific alternative letter-case form of thy, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Conj
1

Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”)

"The old manuscript was written entirely in archaic dialect, so I had to decipher phrases like "for thy lack of effort.""

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Origin

Thy is a shortened form of the Middle English word þin, which traces its roots back to Old English and ultimately to the Proto-Indo-European word for "you." This archaic possessive pronoun entered modern usage as a contraction that has since fallen out of common speech.

Rhyming Words
bathy mythy gothy lithy methy withy ruthy pathy bethy mothy bothy kathy lathy cathy eathy clothy wrathy toothy fouthy slithy
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