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thy

  [thahy] ,
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–pronoun
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound): thy table.
Compare thine.

Origin:
1125–75; ME; var. of thine

thou

1  [thou] ,pronoun, singular, nominative thou; possessive thy or thine; objective thee; plural, nominative you or ye; possessive your or yours; objective you or ye; verb
–pronoun
1. Archaic (except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose). the personal pronoun of the second person singular in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed): Thou shalt not kill.
2. (used by the Friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.
–verb (used with object)
3. to address as “thou.”
–verb (used without object)
4. to use “thou” in discourse.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE thū; c. G, MD du, ON thū, Goth thu, OIr tú, Welsh, Cornish ti, L tū, Doric Gk tý, Lith tù, OCS ty; akin to Skt tvam; (v.) late ME thowen, deriv. of the pronoun
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thy   (thī)   
adj.   The possessive form of thou1.
Used as a modifier before a noun.

[Middle English, variant of thin, thine, from Old English thīn; see tu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Thy

Thy\, pron. [OE. thi, shortened from thin. See Thine, Thou.] Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.

Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. --Matt. vi. 9,10.

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : thy
Spanish: vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras,
German: dein,
Japanese: なんじの
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thy 
possessive pronoun of 2nd person sing., c.1175, reduced form of þin (see thine), originally used before consonants except H. In 15c., used before vowels, too.
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Thy
thymine
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