Re: USAGE: 2nd pers. pron. for God

 --- Pavel Adamek <pavel.adamek@...> wrote: > > it
is discouraged to
> > refer to God by any gendered pronoun - him, his,
> her, hers (although
> > lay people and older clergy still do from habit).
> I always heard
> > "God" and even "God's self" or "Godself" versus
> "Himself."
>
> This means that English has 4 genders:
> masculinum, femininum, neutrum and theonymum.
>
> 2.sg.m|f|n.   you have;   yourself
> 2.sg.t.   thou hast;   thyself
> 3.sg.m.   he has;   himself
> 3.sg.f.   she has;   herself
> 3.sg.n.   it has;   itself
> 3.sg.t.   God hath;   God'sself
> 2.pl.m|f|n.   you (or youse) have;   yourselves
> 2.pl.t.   yee (or *thouse) have;
> 3.pl.m|f|n.   they have;   themselves
> 3.pl.t.   gods have;   *gods'selves
>
>       P. A.
don't forget:

3.sg.epi. they have, themself ( pace hs teoh )

bn



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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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