-th
Pronunciation Etymology 1

From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t, from Old English , -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to ("-th"), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂.

Suffix
  1. (no longer productive) Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
    berth, birth, blowth, drawth, flowth, growth, sight, spilth, stealth, tilth, theft, weight, shrift
  2. (no longer productive, except, jocular coinages) Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives.
    breadth, chillth, coolth, dampth, dearth, depth, filth, health, height/heighth, illth, length, roomth, ruth, strength, troth, truth, sloth/slowth, warmth, wealth, width, wrath, wrength, youth/youngth
Synonyms Etymology 2

From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t, from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, -oþe, derived from a Proto-Indo-European - superlative suffix.

Suffix
  1. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”.
    the 4th/Fourth of July
    1. (mathematics) Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
      The nth term of a geometrical progression whose first term is a and common ratio is r is given by ar^n.
  2. Used to form the denominator of a fraction.
    one seventh; three tenths
Translations
  • French: -ième
  • German: -te (for: 0, 1, 2, ..., 19, 100), -ste (for: 20, 30, 40, ..., 90, 1000)
  • Italian: -esimo, -to (4, 5, 6), -imo (7, 10)
  • Portuguese: -ésimo (productive; 20, 30, 40, …, 100, 1000, 1000000, …), -eiro (1, 3, 11, 13, 21, 23, 31, 33, …), -to (4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, …), -avo (8, 18, 28, …), -imo (7, 10, 11, 20, 30, 40, …)
  • Russian: (various endings exist) -ый
  • Spanish: -ero (1, 3, 11, 13, 21, 23, 31, 33, ...), -to (4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 26, ...), -avo (8, 18, 28, ...), -imo (7, 10, 11, 12), -ésimo (20, 30, 40, 50, ... 100, ...)
Etymology 3

From Middle English -eth, -th, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, .

Suffix
  1. (archaic) A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
    comecometh
    havehath
    dodoth
    saysaith



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