Th
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Etymology
Origin of -th2
Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos
Origin of -th3
Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; see -eth 2
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“To supplement not having F and V and Th and M, we have consonant clusters like jl and cht … that we don’t have in English, but they can be made lower in the throat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Th DJ's father was murdered before he was born, but he has a strong bond with his mother and younger brothers - and is driven to succeed.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
Th email also said he called for an internal investigation into the release of the photos, which were given to an unnamed party in September under a public records request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Th Israeli military did not confirm the death but said its troops came under attack overnight when two military vehicles stalled just outside the town of Beit Ummar, near the city of Hebron.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2022
Th e sound of the chenda mushroomed over the temple, accentuating the silence of the encompassing night.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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Which, he notes, is not the case with, say, "big thing" or "big thighs," both of which give your tongue the space to bridge that awkward transition from "-ig" to "-th."
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2011
Strength -th is a true word; fowl or fugel -l is no true word.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The ordinary termination of feminine singular nouns is -th, not -h.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
The inflexions of the 3rd pers. prs. sg. are -th and -s.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
The next evening we were relieved by the -th Brigade, and once again returned to rest billets.
From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy
Besides the cultivation of their plantation the Messrs. Th. plied a flourishing trade in coprah and sandalwood all along the west coast of Santo, which they visited frequently in their cutter.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
D From the preface to the exceedingly interesting collection by M. Th. de la Villemarqué, of the transmitted songs that are current amongst his Bas Breton countrymen.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
This identification is fully confirmed by the engraving made by Th. von Kessel for the Theatrum Pictorium, which shows how these two figures are placed in the composition.
From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert
His pictures were ranked with those of Th. de Keijser.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther
A few days later I started for Hog Harbour, for the plantation of the Messrs. Th., near which I meant to attend a great feast, or “sing-sing.”
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
Chronic loneliness is a serious, growing public health concern, says Dr. Jeremy Nobel, a professor at the Harvard T.H.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
For example, a review in August 2025 led by Dr Andrew Baccarelli, dean of the Harvard T.H.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
That’s a conservative estimate, as Atul Gawande of Harvard’s T.H.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
Other coauthors of the study include Chenghao Wang of the University of Oklahoma; and Kari Nadeau of the Harvard T.H.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
And Sidgwick has been far more successful than any other moral philosopher with the exception of T.H.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Klymochko noticed in th e 8-K filing External link by Taylor Morrison on Monday that the two companies signed a confidentiality agreement on May 27.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Live text commentary will begin from 20:00 GMT on th BBC Sport website and app, covering all the build-up to the main event.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
Gigi Hadid, 28, and her sister Bella Hadid, 27, two of the most famous fashion models in the world, were born in th U.S. and grew up in Southern California.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Some of the band’s greatest hits include “Uma Thurman,” “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mmrs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The initial letter of a sen-tence was first capitalised in the 13 th century, but the rule was not consistently applied until the 16th.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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