th-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "th"

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English th-.

Prefix

th-

1. (obsolete) The.

   ‎th- + ‎old → ‎thold

   ‎th- + ‎art → ‎thart

   ‎th- + ‎other → ‎thother

   • 1555, Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, translated by Richard Eden, The decades of the newe worlde or west India‎^[1], London: William Powell, page 290:

     Note therfore that Czar in the Ruthens tounge signifieth a kynge, wheras in the language of the Slauons, Pollons, Bohemes, and other, the same woorde Czar, signifieth Cesar by whiche name Themperours haue byn commonly cauled.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with th-

thart

thold

thone

thother

See also

• th'

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “th-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θ/

Prefix

th-

1. alternative form of dh- (negative prefix)

Usage notes

Used in the third person with the ∅- and de-classifiers.

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 140

Middle English

Prefix

th-

1. the (written with elision before a vowel)

Usage notes

• Chaucer used forms such as thabsence, tharray, thegle (the eagle), and thingot.

References

• “th”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Yola

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English th-.

Prefix

th-

1. the

Derived terms

Yola terms prefixed with th-

thooree