eth
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eth (plural eths)
- A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “eth”, in Collins English Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Uncertain. Perhaps related to end (“to weave”).
VerbEdit
eth (first-person singular past tense etha, participle ethur)
Etymology 2Edit
Unclear. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”), hence Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, Old Norse auðr Icelandic auður.
NounEdit
eth m
Related termsEdit
CornishEdit
| < 7 | 8 | 9 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : eth Ordinal : ethves | ||
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū (compare Welsh wyth), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
NumeralEdit
eth
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
eth f (singulative ethen)
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
ArticleEdit
eth m (feminine singular era, masculine plural eths, feminine plural eras)
Derived termsEdit
PronounEdit
eth
Old IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
·eth
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| eth | unchanged | n-eth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ.
NounEdit
eth m