firth

See also: Firth and firð

English

The best known firth is probably the Firth of Forth with its two large bridges.

Etymology 1

From Scots, from Old Norse fjǫrðr; cognate with fjord, and more distantly with ford. See also port, an even more distant cognate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɜːθ/
• IPA^(key): /fɝθ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

firth (plural firths)

1. An arm of the sea.

Synonyms

• frith

Hypernyms

• loch, sea loch

Derived terms

Terms derived from firth

• Dornoch Firth
• Firth of Clyde
• Firth of Forth
• Firth of Tay
• Firth of Thames
• Moray Firth
• Pentland Firth
• Solway Firth

 

Translations

arm of a sea

• Bulgarian: тесен залив m (tesen zaliv)
• Finnish: lahti (fi), vuono (fi), estuaari (fi)
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• Russian: лима́н (ru) m (limán)
• Scottish Gaelic: linne f, caol m

Etymology 2

Variant of frith.

Noun

firth (plural firths)

1. (Scotland) A frith; a wood, wooded country.

Alternative forms

• (a wood) fyrth

References

• “firth” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Frith, frith

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Middle English

Noun

firth

1. Alternative form of frith

References

• “frith (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.