þis

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See also: yis, this, and thîs

Gothic

Romanization

þis

Romanization of 𐌸𐌹𐍃

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English þes, þæs, þēos, þis, þys, all ultimately from inflections of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðis/, (emphatic, also) /θis/^[1]^[2]
(after /t/) IPA^(key): /tis/

Determiner

þis (feminine þeos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)

this^[3]

Alternative forms

þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þes, þese, þeis, þeise, þeys, þeyse, þeose, þus, dis
þues, þusse (Southwest); yis (Northern, East Anglia)
þisse, þysse, þies, þyes, þesse, þæs, þos (Early Middle English)
tis, tys, tisse, tysse, tes, teos (after dentals)

Pronoun

þis (feminine þos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)

this^[3]

Alternative forms

þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þus
ȝis, ȝys, yhis (Northern)
þeos, þese, þæs (Early Middle English)
tis (after dentals and s)

Adverb

þis

this^[4]

Alternative forms

þys, þes

Descendants

English: this
Scots: this
Yola: this

References

^ Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “this, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
^ “this, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Determiner

þis

Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Pronoun

þis

Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θis/

Determiner

þis

nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs

Pronoun

þis

nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs

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