eth

See also:Eth,ETH,-eth,eth-,Eth.,eð,andeþ

English

Alternative forms

• edh

Etymology

The sound/ɛ/followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those off,l,andm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛð/,(less commonly)/ɛθ/

  • Audio(Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛð

Noun

eth(pluraleths)

1. A letter (capitalÐ,smallð) introduced into Old English to represent itsdentalfricative,then not distinguished from the letterthorn,no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, theIPAand other phonetic alphabets to represent thevoiceddentalfricative"th" sound as in the English wordthen.The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
   • 1985,Robert Burchfield,The English Language,Oxford: Oxford University Press, page175:

     In Old English manuscripts thorn andethdid not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]

Translations

letter

• Faroese:edd
• German:Eth(de)
• Icelandic:eð(is)
• Norwegian:eddm

See also

• thorn,þorn,þ
• wynn,wen,ƿ
• Wikipedia article on eth

Anagrams

• het,the,EHT,Teh,HET,the-,TEH,teh

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps related toend(“to weave”).

Verb

eth(aoristetha,participleethur)

1. tomate(cattle)

Etymology 2

Unclear. Perhaps related toProto-Germanic*audaz(“wealth, riches”),henceOld Saxonōd,Old High Germanōt,Old NorseauðrIcelandicauður.

Noun

ethm

1. (chieflydialectal)property

Related terms

• pasë
• pata

Cornish

Cornish cardinal numbers

< 7	8	9 >
Cardinal:eth Ordinal:ethves

Etymology 1

FromProto-Brythonic*üiθ,fromProto-Celtic*oxtū(compareWelshwyth), fromProto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw.

Numeral

eth

1. eight

Etymology 2

Noun

ethf(singulativeethen)

1. scents

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Article

ethm(feminine singularera,masculine pluraleths,feminine pluraleras)

1. (Gascony)the

   Synonym:lo

Derived terms

• ath
• deth
• peth

Pronoun

eth

1. (Gascony)he

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/eθ/

Verb

·eth

1. passivesingularpreteriteconjunctoftéit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
eth (pronounced with/h/inh-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-eth
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Saxon

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*aiþ.

Noun

ethm

1. oath

Declension

Declension ofēth(masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	ēth	ēthos
accusative	ēth	ēthos
genitive	ēthes	ēthō
dative	ēthe	ēthum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German:êt
  • German Low German:Eed
  • Plautdietsch:Eit