oors
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oures.
Pronoun
oors
See also
Scots personal pronouns
| personal pronoun | possessive pronoun |
possessive determiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subjective | objective | reflexive | |||||
| first person | singular | A, I, Ik | me | mysel | mine, mines | mine, my | |
| plural | we | us, we | oorsel, oorsels | oors | our | ||
| second person | singular | standard (formal) | ye you, yow |
ye you, yow |
yersel yoursel |
yers yours |
yer your |
| Insular (informal) | thoo | thee | thysel, theesel | thines | thy, thee, thees | ||
| plural | ye, yese you, youse |
ye, yese you, youse theer |
yesels yoursels |
yers yours |
yer your | ||
| third person | singular | masculine | he, e | him, im | himsel, hissel | his, is | his, is |
| feminine | scho, she, shu | her, er | hersel | hers | her, er | ||
| neuter | it hit |
it hit |
itsel hitsel |
its hits |
its hits | ||
| genderless, nonspecific (formal) |
ane | ane | – | – | ane's | ||
| plural | thay | thaim | thaimsel, thaimsels | thairs | thair | ||
References
- “oors” under “our, pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.