What does "thy" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "thy"?

Common synonyms include: thine, thine, your.

Thy

//ðaɪ// conj, det

conj, det ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Determiner

1
Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular). Early, Modern, archaic, dialectal, form-of, literary, possessive
2
Honorific alternative letter-case form of thy, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of, honorific

Conjunction

1
Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”). obsolete
"For-thy it round and hollow shaped was, Like to the world itselfe, and seem'd aworld of glass."

Synonyms

All synonyms

thine thine your

Example

More examples

"Every day of thy life is a page in thy history."

Etymology

From Middle English þi, apocopated variant of þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *téynos (“thy; thine”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“thou”). See thou.