thogh

English

Adverb

thogh (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of though.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /heː/, (older) /hɤː/[1]

Verb

thogh

  1. analytic past indicative of togh

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English þēah, þēh, from Proto-West Germanic *þauh, from Proto-Germanic *þauh.

Forms with in -o- are presumably instead from Old Norse *þóh, an earlier form of þó, from the same Proto-Germanic source.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (from Old Norse *þóh) IPA(key): /θuːx/, (originally unstressed) /ðɔu̯(x)/, /ðɔ(x)/
  • (from Old English þēh, þēah) IPA(key): /θiːx/, (Northern or early) /θeːx/, (originally unstressed) /ðæi̯(x)/, /ðau̥(x)/, /ðɛ(x)/, /ða(x)/

Adverb

thogh

  1. (contrastive) However, nevertheless, though.
Descendants
  • English: though
  • Middle Scots: thoch, thocht, tho
References

Conjunction

thogh

  1. Although, even though, in spite of the fact that.
  2. Yet, but, though, conceding that.
  3. (Even) if, whether [with correlative]
  4. Because, since, for the reason that.
  5. That [following a negative, usually in an expression of surprise containing wonder]
  6. (rare) When, at the moment that.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thogh

  1. alternative form of þou (thou)