-eth Definition

eth
suffix
Used to form the archaic third person singular present indicative of verbs.
Leadeth.
American Heritage
noun

Edh.

Webster's New World

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, Faroese, and phonetics to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then.

Wiktionary
abbreviation
Ethiopia.
Webster's New World
Ethiopic.
Webster's New World
(rail transport, UK) Electric Train Heat / Electric Train Heating.
Wiktionary
affix

-th.

Fortieth.
Webster's New World
Forming the archaic 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of verbs.
Asketh, bringeth.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(law) Abbreviation of Ethiopia.

Wiktionary
prefix

(organic chemistry) Used as a combining form to denote the presence of 2 carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds.

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Other Word Forms of -eth

Noun

Singular:
-eth
Plural:
eths

Origin of -eth

  • The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.

    From Wiktionary

  • ME -(e)th < OE -(a)th (ult. < IE *ti- > L -(i)t, Sans -ti)

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English -eth, -ath

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • from ethyl.

    From Wiktionary

  • see -th

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

-eth Sentence Examples

  • For these Syriac has substituted middle or reflexive forms with prefixed eth and a change in the last vowel.

  • The book may have opened with Eth.

  • On these chapters may have followed Eth.

  • The jackal (C. aureus, Eur., Ind., Eth.) abounds on the Helmund and Argand-ab, and probably elsewhere.

  • He had written on the condition of parties in the church; he had set down his thoughts on philosophical reform in the lost tract, Temporis Partus Maximus; but he had failed in obtaining the position which he looked upon as an indispensable condition 1 See Nic. Eth.

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Words Starting With - and Ending With H

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With E3 Letter Words Ending With H