eth

See also: Eth, ETH, -eth, eth-, Eth., eð, and eþ

English

Alternative forms

• edh

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛð/, (less commonly) /ɛθ/
• Rhymes: -ɛð

Noun

eth (plural eths)

1. 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

• Faroese: edd
• German: Eth (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: eð (is)
• Norwegian: edd m

See also

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

Anagrams

• HET, TEH, het, teh, the, the-

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Albanian

Etymology 1

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

Verb

eth (aorist etha, participle ethur)

1. to mate (cattle)

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

1. (chiefly dialectal) property

Related terms

• pasë
• pata

 

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Cornish

Cornish cardinal numbers

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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

1. eight

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: seyth. Next: naw

Etymology 2

Noun

eth f (singulative ethen)

1. scents

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Occitan

Article

eth m (feminine singular era, masculine plural eths, feminine plural eras)

1. (Gascony) the

   Synonym: lo

Derived terms

• ath
• deth

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eθ/

Verb

·eth

1. passive singular preterite conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
eth	unchanged	n-eth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz.

Noun

eth m

1. oath

Descendants

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