-th
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /-θ/
From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t, from Old English -þ, -t, -þu, -tu, -þo, -to ("-th"), from Proto-Germanic *-iþō, from Proto-Indo-European *-iteh₂.
Suffix- (no longer productive) Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
- berth, birth, blowth, drawth, flowth, growth, sight, spilth, stealth, tilth, theft, weight, shrift
- (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
From Middle English -the, -th, -te, -t, from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, -oþe, derived from a Proto-Indo-European - superlative suffix.
SuffixUsed to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”. - (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.
- (mathematics) Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
- Used to form the denominator of a fraction.
- one seventh; three tenths
- 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, ...)
From Middle English -eth, -th, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ.
Suffix- (archaic) A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
- come → cometh
- have → hath
- do → doth
- say → saith
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