thā
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thā
From Arabic
Example Sentences
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For “I was” we have P. sī or sā, H. thā, Br. hau or hutau, E.H. raheũ.
From Project Gutenberg
Sā is a secondary formation from this, on the analogy of the H. thā, which is from the Skr. sthitas, Pr. thiō, stood, and is a participial form like calā; thus, woh thā, he was; woh thī, she was.
From Project Gutenberg
They, thā, pers. pron., pl. of he, she, or it.
From Project Gutenberg
Take faire purified honye and new read rooses, the whyte endes of them clypped awaye, thā chop theym smal and put thē into the Hony and boyl thē menely together; to know whan it is boyled ynoughe, ye shal know it by the swete odour and the colour read.
From Project Gutenberg
Sugar Roset is made thus—Take newe gathered roses and stāpe them righte smal with sugar, thā put in a glasse XXX. dayes, let it stande in ye sunne and stirre it wel, and medle it well together so it may be kept three yeares in his vertue.
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