'th

See also: Appendix:Variations of "th"

Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh 'th.

Determiner

'th (triggers mixed mutation)

  1. your (informal second person singular possessive determiner)

Pronoun

'th (triggers mixed mutation)

  1. you (informal second person singular pronoun)
    Hi a'th kwelas.
    She saw you.

See also

Cornish personal pronouns
number person independent
(subject) 		suffixed infixed possessive
(dependent)
enclitic emphatic reduced
singular first my vy evy ma, a 'm owA
second ty jy, sy1 tejy ta, a 'thM dhaS
third2 m ev ev eev va, a 'n yS
f hi hi hyhi N/A 's hyA
plural first ni ni nyni 'gan, 'n agan, 'gan
second3 hwi hwi hwyhwi 'gas, 's agas, 'gas
third i i ynsi 's agaA, 'gaA

1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θ/

Determiner

'th

  1. (literary) your (familiar singular; triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)
    • 18th century, “Myfanwy”:
      Myfanwy, boed yr holl o’th fywyd
      Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd.
      Myfanwy, may your life entirely be
      Beneath the midday sun's bright glow.
    Synonym: dy

Pronoun

'th

  1. (literary) you (familiar singular; used after vowels as the direct object of a verb; triggers soft mutation of a following consonant)
    • 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Genesis 28:15:
      Ac wele fi gyda thi; ac mi a’th gadwaf pa le bynnag yr elych, ac a’th ddygaf drachefn i’r wlad hon: oherwydd ni’th adawaf, hyd oni wnelwyf yr hyn a leferais wrthyt.
      Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.
    Synonyms: di, ti

Usage notes

  • The determiner can be considered a "contraction" of dy used after mostly functional vowel-final words.
  • The pronoun occurs after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a, ni, na, oni and pe.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “'th”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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