-th

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

English

Alternative forms

• -t

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English -th, -t, from Old English -þ, -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to (“-th”, abstract nominal suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō (“-th”), from Proto-Indo-European *-itā (“-th”). Cognate with Scots -th (“-th”), West Frisian -te (“-th”), Dutch -te (“-th”), Danish -de (“-th”), Swedish -d (“-th”), Icelandic -ð, -d (“-th”), Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Latin -itās (“-ty, -ity”). See -ity.

Suffix

-th

1. (rare) Forming nouns from verbs of action.

   berth, blowth, drawth, flowth, growth, health, sight, spilth, stealth, theft, weight

2. (rare) Forming nouns from adjectives.

   breadth, dearth, depth, filth, height/heighth, length, roomth, strength, troth, truth, slowth, wealth, width, wrength, youngth

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 a Proto-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... (cmn) (dì...)

• French: -ième (fr)
• German: (indefinite) -ter (de) m, (or any gender after a definite article ) -te (de) f, (indefinite) -tes (de) n
• Hebrew: ־י (he) (-i)
• Hindi: -वां (hi) (-vā̃)
• Indonesian: ke- (id)
• Japanese: 第... (ja) (だい..., dai...), ...目 (ja) (...め, ...me)
• Khmer: ទី- (km) (tii-)
• Korean: -째 (ko) (-jjae)

• Lao: ທີ່- (lo) (tʰī̀-)
• Malay:

  Rumi: ke- (ms)

  Jawi: ک- (ms)

• Marathi: -वा (mr) (-vā)
• Persian: ـم (fa) (-om)
• Polish: -y (pl) m, -ty (pl) m
• 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