eth
See also: Eth, ETH, -eth, eth-, Eth., eð, and eþ
English
Alternative forms
- edh
Etymology
The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛð/ or sometimes /ɛθ/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛð
Noun
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, Faroese, and phonetics to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then.
Translations
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See also
- thorn, þorn, þ
- wynn, wen, ƿ
- Wikipedia article on eth
References
- “eth” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
Anagrams
- HET, TEH, het, teh, the, the-
Albanian
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps related to end 'to weave'.
Verb
eth (first-person singular past tense etha, participle ethur)
- to mate (cattle)
Etymology 2
Unclear. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *audaz 'wealth, riches', hence Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, Old Norse auðr (Icelandic auður. Chiefly dialectal.
Noun
eth m
- property
Related terms
- pata
- pasë
Cornish
| < 7 | 8 | 9 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : eth | ||
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Numeral
eth
- eight
See also
- (cardinal number): Previous: seyth. Next: naw
Noun
eth f (singulative ethen)
- scents
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eθ/
Verb
·eth
- passive singular preterite conjunct of téit
Mutation
| 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 Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz.
Noun
eth m
- oath
Descendants
- Middle Low German: êt
- German Low German: Eed
- Plautdietsch: Eit