ithe

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈihɪ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/, /iː/, /i/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiçə/
• Homophones: aoi, í, Í, íoth, oíche, uí, Uí (some Galway pronunciations)

Verb

ithe

1. inflection of ith:
   1. analytic present subjunctive
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Noun

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

1. verbal noun of ith
2. eating

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of ithe (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ithe vocative a ithe genitive ite dative ithe forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ithe genitive an ite dative leis an ithe don ithe

(as regular noun):

Declension of ithe (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ithe vocative a ithe genitive ithe dative ithe forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ithe genitive an ithe dative leis an ithe don ithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of ithe

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ithe	n-ithe	hithe	t-ithe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìðɛ̌/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.

Noun

ithe class 1

1. his or her father

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
• ithe wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
• mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
• mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
• mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
• mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
• mwathwo nĩ nda a(a)kĩra/arũgĩ(ĩ)te mwathwo nĩ ithe
• ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro

See also

• (my) baba; (thy) thoguo

References

• “ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Middle English

Noun

ithe

1. Alternative form of ythe

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hithe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiθʲe/

Noun

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ithid
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102^a15

     Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aís sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.

     They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make [lit: ‘that they visit’] to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	itheL	ithiL	ithi
vocative	itheL	ithiL	ithi
accusative	ithiN	ithiL	ithi
genitive	ithe	itheL	itheN
dative	ithiL	ithib	ithib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ithe

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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiçə/

Noun

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ith (“to eat”)

Mutation

Mutation of ithe

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ithe	n-ithe	h-ithe	t-ithe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.