teth
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth, “wheel”).
NounEdit
teth (plural teths)
- The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
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Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
NounEdit
teth
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Old FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tēth
ReferencesEdit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish té, from Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
teth (comparative teotha)
Derived termsEdit
- ain-teth
- botal-teth (“hot water bottle”)
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MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
teth | theth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin titta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
teth f (plural tethau or tethi)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
teth | deth | nheth | theth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “teth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies