your
Part of speech: det
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).
Inflected forms:
form: ur
pos: det
tags: alternative
Internet
informal
form: ya
pos: det
tags: alternative
informal
form: yer
pos: det
tags: alternative
informal
form: yr
pos: det
tags: alternative
informal
form: yo
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: yo'
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: yoh
pos: det
tags: alternative
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form: yur
pos: det
tags: alternative
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Senses:
gloss: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
pos: det
examples: Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?
Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
gloss: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
pos: det
examples: Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
gloss: A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
pos: det
examples: Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your Show of Shows
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
gloss: That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
pos: det
tags: Ireland
examples: Your man just bought a new car.
Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
Related words: Ime
me
myselfmemysen
mine
mymineme
we
us
ourselvesourselfoursen
oursourn
our
you
yourselfyoursen
yoursyourn
thou
thee
thyselftheeselfthysen
thine
thythine
youye
yourselves
you ally'all you guys yous
y'allselves
all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
he
him
himselfhisselfhissen
hishisn
his
she
her
herselfhersen
hershern
ithit
itselfhitself
itshis
itshishits
they
them
themself
themselves
theirs
their
one
oneself
–
one's
themhem
'em
themselvestheirsen
theirstheirn
The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
Derived words: a plague o' both your houses
a plague on both your houses
a pox on both your houses
black as your hat
Bob is your uncle
Bob's your father's brother
Bob's your mother's brother
Bob's your uncle and Fanny's your aunt
build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door
did my back hurt your knife
don't count your chickens before they've hatched
don't worry your pretty little head
flat as your hat
for your eyes only
go back to your country
how's your hammer hanging
kill your idols
kiss your sister
more grease to your elbow
more power to your elbow
my culture is not your costume
pick-your-own
Robert is your father's brother
Robert is your mother's brother
Robert is your uncle
Robert's your mother's brother
Robert's your uncle
save the drama for your momma
saving your presence
saving your reverence
take your change out of that
take your oil
the sky will fall on your head
up your ass
use your words
what color is your Bugatti
whatever butters your biscuit
whatever butters your biscuits
whatever butters your bread
whatever butters your muffin
whatever butters your toast
whatever humps your camel
whatever melts your butter
whatever sizzles your bacon
whatever tickles your pickle
whatever winds your clock
what is your problem
what's your game
what's your poison
what's your problem
who took the jam out of your doughnut
who was your servant last year
you got a mouse in your purse
you kiss your father with that mouth
you kiss your grandfather with that mouth
your barn door is open
your guys's
Your Imperial Highness
Your Lordship
your place or mine
your point being
Your Serene Highness
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