thie

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish taige (compare Scottish Gaelic taigh), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

Noun

thie m (genitive singular thie, plural thieyn)

  1. house, home, residency, habitation
    Ayns thie my ayrey ta ymmodee ynnydyn beaghee. ― In my father's house are many mansions.
    Breb y kayt shen magh ass y thie. ― Kick that cat out of the house.
  2. house, building
    Cre ta ny towshanyn jeh'n thie? ― What are the measurements of the house?
    Ta'n thie ain er un linney rish yn nah hie. ― Our house ranges with the next building.
    Ta ny thieyn d'yn droggal. ― The houses are under construction.
    Vel monney thieyn eu? ― Have you many houses?

Synonyms

Adjective

thie

  1. indoor
  2. domestic

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
thiehiedhie
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “tech, teg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle English

Pronoun

thie

  1. Alternative form of þe.

References

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier thē, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronoun

thie m

  1. that, that one

Determiner

thie m

  1. that

Declension


Descendants

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