teth

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth, wheel).

Noun[edit]

teth (plural teths)

  1. The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Noun[edit]

teth

  1. plural of tothe

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: teeth
  • Scots: teeth

Old Frisian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tēth

  1. plural of tōth

References[edit]

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish , from Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be warm).

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Adjective[edit]

teth (comparative teotha)

  1. hot

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Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
teth theth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin titta.

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Noun[edit]

teth f (plural tethau or tethi)

  1. teat, nipple

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Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
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.

References[edit]

  • 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