Your vs. Thy: What's the Difference?
Your is the modern English second-person possessive pronoun, while thy is its archaic counterpart, used in older forms of English.
Your and Thy Definitions
Your
Used as a modifier before a noun
Your boots.
Your accomplishments.
Thy
Used as a modifier before a noun.
Your
A person's; one's
The light switch is on your right.
Thy
Form of Possessive form.
Your
(Informal) Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener
Your basic three-story frame house.
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Thy
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; - used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
Our father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good.
Your
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?
Your
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
Your
A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your Show of Shows
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
Your
(Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Your man just bought a new car.
Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
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Your
The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.
