ithe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪð/

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• Rhymes: -aɪð

Etymology 1

From Middle English ithe, from Old English ȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, *und- (“wave”). Cognate with German Unde (“flood, wave”), Icelandic unnur (“wave”).

Noun

ithe (plural ithes)

1. (archaic) A wave.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) Waves; the sea.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ithen, related to Old Norse iðja (“to be active, do, perform”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

ithe (third-person singular simple present ithes, present participle ithing, simple past and past participle ithed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To thrive; flourish; prosper.

Derived terms

• ithand

Anagrams

• Heit, Hite

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪhə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /iː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪçɪ/
• Homophones: aoi, í, íoth, oíche, uí, Uí (all for the Cois Fharraige pronunciation)

Verb

ithe

1. inflection of ith:
   1. analytic present subjunctive
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Noun

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

1. verbal noun of ith
2. eating

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of ithe

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ithe Vocative a ithe Genitive ite Dative ithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-ithe Genitive an ite Dative leis an ithe don ithe

(as regular noun):

Declension of ithe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ithe Vocative a ithe Genitive ithe Dative ithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-ithe Genitive an ithe Dative leis an ithe don ithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ithe	n-ithe	hithe	t-ithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìðɛ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.

Noun

ithe class 1

1. his or her father

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
• ithe wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
• mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
• mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
• mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
• mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
• mwathwo nĩ nda a(a)kĩra/arũgĩ(ĩ)te mwathwo nĩ ithe
• ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro

See also

• (my) baba; (thy) thoguo

References

• “ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Middle English

Noun

ithe

1. Alternative form of ythe

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hithe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiθʲe/

Noun

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ithid
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102^a15

     Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aís sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.

     They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make [lit: ‘that they visit’] to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	itheL	ithiL	ithi
Vocative	itheL	ithiL	ithi
Accusative	ithiN	ithiL	ithi
Genitive	ithe	itheL	itheN
Dative	ithiL	ithib	ithib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ithe	unchanged	n-ithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiçə/

Noun

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ith (“to eat”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ithe	n-ithe	h-ithe	t-ithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.