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/ðiːz/ determiner
In Latin: hī, hae, haec Wiktionary
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- plural of this
pronoun
- plural of this
Origin
From Middle English þes, from Old English þas, from Proto-West Germanic *þes-, a form of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só. Compare with German diese.
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