eth

See also: Eth, ETH, -eth, eth-, Eth., eð, and eþ

English

Alternative forms

• edh

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/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛð

Noun

eth (plural eths)

1. 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

letter

• Faroese: edd
• German: Eth (de)
• Icelandic: eð (is)
• Norwegian: edd m

See also

• thorn, þorn, þ
• wynn, wen, ƿ
• Wikipedia article on eth

Anagrams

• het, the, EHT, Teh, HET, the-, TEH, teh

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps related to end (“to weave”).

Verb

eth (aorist etha, participle ethur)

1. to mate (cattle)

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of eth (active voice)

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		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

1. (chiefly dialectal) property

Related terms

• pasë
• pata

Cornish

Cornish numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	8 8	9  →
Cardinal: eth     Ordinal: ethves     Ordinal abbreviation: 8ves

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *üiθ, from Proto-Celtic *oxtū (compare Welsh wyth), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

eth

1. eight

Etymology 2

Noun

eth f (singulative ethen)

1. scents

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Article

eth m (feminine singular era, masculine plural eths, feminine plural eras)

1. (Gascony) the

   Synonym: lo

Derived terms

• ath
• deth
• peth

Pronoun

eth

1. (Gascony) he

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eθ/

Verb

·eth

1. passive singular preterite conjunct of téit

Mutation

Mutation of eth

radical	lenition	nasalization
eth (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	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

1. oath

Declension

ēth (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	ēth	ēthos
accusative	ēth	ēthos
genitive	ēthes	ēthō
dative	ēthe	ēthum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: êt
  • German Low German: Eed
  • Plautdietsch: Eit