thou
汝,你,汝等,汝之
Definitions
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singular, nominative thou;possessive thy or thine;objective thee;plural, nominative you or ye;possessive your or yours;objective you or ye.
- : Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose. the second person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to modern you: Thou shalt not kill.
- : a familiar form of address of the second person singular: Thou needn’t apologize.
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- : to address as “thou,” especially during an era of historical English when “thou” was distinguished as an informal form of you: It would have been scandalous for household staff to thou the lord of the manor.
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- : to use “thou” in discourse: There are still Quakers who thou as a matter of custom.
Examples
In an arms races to prove they are holier than thou, rabbis add more and more prohibitions and prerequisites.
Three times,” he says angrily, “thou shalt betray me ere the cock crows.
Officials say thou-sands of International school boys may have crossed paths with William Vahey.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.