eth
English
Alternative forms
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
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, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
Translations
letter
See also
References
- ^ “eth”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps related to end (“to weave”).
Verb
eth (aorist etha, participle ethur)
Etymology 2
Unclear. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”), hence Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, Old Norse auðr Icelandic auður.
Noun
eth m
Related terms
Cornish
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Cardinal : eth | ||
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū (compare Welsh wyth), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Numeral
eth
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
eth f (singulative ethen)
Occitan
Article
eth m (feminine singular era, masculine plural eths, feminine plural eras)
Derived terms
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·eth
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
eth (pronounced with /h/ in h-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
From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz.
Noun
eth m
Descendants
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