eth
or edh
[ eth ]
/ ɛð /
noun
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
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-eth
1an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.
Also -th.
Origin of -eth
1Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t
Definition for eth (4 of 4)
-eth
2variant of -th2, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.
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ETH
abbreviation for
Ethiopia (international car registration)
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Eth.
abbreviation for
Ethiopia(n)
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-eth
1suffix
forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbsgoeth; taketh
Word Origin for -eth
Old English -eth, -th
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