eth
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Ethiopian sign language.
Symbol
eth
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ethiopian Sign Language terms
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
- IPA(key): /ɛð/, (less commonly) /ɛθ/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛð
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.
- 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175:
- In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]
Translations
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)
- to mate (cattle)
Conjugation
Show compound tenses:
| participle | ethur | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | duke ethur | ||||||
| infinitive | për të ethur | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st pers. | 2nd pers. | 3rd pers. | 1st pers. | 2nd pers. | 3rd pers. | ||
| indicative | present | eth | eth | eth | ethim | ethni | ethin |
| imperfect | ethja | ethje | ethte | ethnim | ethnit | ethnin | |
| aorist | etha | ethe | ethi | ethëm | ethët | ethën | |
| perfect | kam ethur | ke ethur | ka ethur | kemi ethur | keni ethur | kanë ethur | |
| past perfect | kisha ethur | kishe ethur | kishte ethur | kishim ethur | kishit ethur | kishin ethur | |
| aorist II | pata ethur | pate ethur | pati ethur | patëm ethur | patët ethur | patën ethur | |
| future1 | do të eth | do të ethësh | do të ethë | do të ethim | do të ethni | do të ethin | |
| future perfect2 | do të kem ethur | do të kesh ethur | do të ketë ethur | do të kemi ethur | do të keni ethur | do të kenë ethur | |
| subjunctive | present | të eth | të ethësh | të ethë | të ethim | të ethni | të ethin |
| imperfect | të ethja | të ethje | të ethte | të ethnim | të ethnit | të ethnin | |
| perfect | të kem ethur | të kesh ethur | të ketë ethur | të kemi ethur | të keni ethur | të kenë ethur | |
| past perfect | të kisha ethur | të kishe ethur | të kishte ethur | të kishim ethur | të kishit ethur | të kishin ethur | |
| conditional1, 2 | imperfect | do të ethja | do të ethje | do të ethte | do të ethnim | do të ethnit | do të ethnin |
| past perfect | do të kisha ethur | do të kishe ethur | do të kishte ethur | do të kishim ethur | do të kishit ethur | do të kishin ethur | |
| optative | present | ethsha | ethsh | ethtë | ethshim | ethshi | ethshin |
| perfect | paça ethur | paç ethur | pastë ethur | paçim ethur | paçit ethur | paçin ethur | |
| admirative | present | ethkam | ethke | ethka | ethkemi | ethkeni | ethkan |
| imperfect | ethkësha | ethkëshe | ethkësh | ethkëshim | ethkëshit | ethkëshin | |
| perfect | paskam ethur | paske ethur | paska ethur | paskemi ethur | paskeni ethur | paskan ethur | |
| past perfect | paskësha ethur | paskëshe ethur | paskësh ethur | paskëshim ethur | paskëshit ethur | paskëshin ethur | |
| imperative | present | — | eth | — | — | ethni | — |
| 1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect | |||||||
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
- (chiefly dialectal) property
Related terms
Cornish
| 80 | ||
| ← 7 | 8 8 |
9 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: eth Ordinal: ethves Ordinal abbreviation: 8ves Adverbial: ethgweyth Multiplier: ethplek | ||
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū (compare Welsh wyth), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Numeral
eth
Etymology 2
Noun
eth f (singulative ethen)
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Article
eth m (feminine singular era, masculine plural eths, feminine plural eras)
Derived terms
Pronoun
eth
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eθ/
Verb
·eth
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| eth (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
eth | n-eth |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ.
Noun
eth m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēth | ēthos |
| accusative | ēth | ēthos |
| genitive | ēthes | ēthō |
| dative | ēthe | ēthum |
| instrumental | — | — |