Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Synonym of they (“a non-binary person”).
det
Those.
pron
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryUsed as the direct object of a verb. · Used as the indirect object of a verb. · Used as the object of a preposition. · As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *þaimaz Old Norse þeimbor. Middle English þem English them From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.
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