-th

See also Th, TH, th', and .th

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θ/

Etymology 1

Representing Old English -þ.

Suffix

-th

1. (no longer productive) forming nouns from verbs of action

   growth, spilth, death,breath

2. (no longer productive) forming nouns from adjectives

   filth, strength, truth, youth

Synonyms

• -ness
• -hood
• -ship
• -itas
• -itude
• -ia
• -itia
• -ity
• -ability
• -ibility
• -icity
• -osity
• -ous
• -ose

Etymology 2

Representing Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, -oþe, derived from an Indo-European superlative suffix.

Suffix

-th

1. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not "first", "second", or "third".

   The 4th of July

Coordinate terms

• -nd
• -rd
• -st

Translations

used to form the ordinal numeral

Armenian: -րդ (hy) (-rd), -երորդ (hy) (-erord) Breton: -vet (br) Chinese: Mandarin: 第... (zh) (dì...) French: -ième (fr) German: (indefinite) -ter (de) m., (or any gender after a definite article ) -te (de) f., (indefinite) -tes (de) n. Hindi: -वां (hi) (-vā̃) Japanese: 第... (ja) (だい..., dai...), 目... (ja) (...め, ...me)

Khmer: ទី- (km) (tii-) Korean: -째 (ko) (-jjae) Lao: ທີ່- (lo) (tʰī̀-) Persian: ـم (fa) (-om) Russian: (various endings exist) -ый (ru) (-yj), -ой (ru) (-ój) m., -ий (ru) (-ij) m. Tajik: -ум (tg) (-um) Thai: ที่- (th) (têe-) Turkish: -inci (tr), -nci (tr), -ıncı (tr), -ncı (tr), -üncü (tr), -uncu (tr) Vietnamese: thứ ... (vi)

Etymology 3

Representing Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ.

Suffix

-th

1. (archaic) a variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular of verbs

   come → cometh

See also

[+] English words suffixed with -th