Ye

From Fresh Dictionary

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology 1
  - 1.1.1 Pronunciation
  - 1.1.2 Personal pronoun
- 1.2 Etymology 2
  - 1.2.1 Definite article
2 Ido
- 2.1 Preposition

English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
sort	town	dark	#437: ye	common	subject	can't

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Etymology 1

From Old English Ä¡Ä, the nominative case of the second person plural personal pronoun. See also you.

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Pronunciation

RP & US: IPA: /jiË/, SAMPA: /ji:/

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Personal pronoun

((archaic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) you (the people being addressed).
Note: Ye was originally used only used for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today.

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Etymology 2

from the Middle English Ãe. Printers who couldn't reproduce the "Ã" (thorn) character (which corresponds to the modern "th" sound), substitued a "y". Despite the use of 'y', it was still read "the".

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Definite article

((archaic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) the
Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe.