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See also: sàith
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English sæġþ, from seċġan.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
saith
- (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of say
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 8:1:
- And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Malachi 3:17:
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:, B. Blake (1836), p.663
- In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness; we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is.
- 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, ll. 89–90:
- While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, V:
- […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;")
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
saith (plural saiths)
- Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”)
Anagrams[edit]
Welsh[edit]
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Cardinal : saith Ordinal : seithfed | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh seith, from Proto-Brythonic *seiθ, from Proto-Celtic *sextam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
saith
References[edit]
- “saith”, in R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 1950–present
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