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-eth

1
  1. an 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.


-eth

2
  1. variant of -th 2, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

eth

3
or edh

[ eth ]

noun

  1. 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.

Eth.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Ethiopia.

ETH

1

abbreviation for

  1. Ethiopia (international car registration)
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-eth

2

suffix

  1. forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbs

    goeth

    taketh

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eth

3

/ ɛð; ɛθ /

noun

  1. a variant of edh
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Eth.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Ethiopia(n)
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-eth

5

suffix forming ordinal numbers

  1. a variant of -th 2

    twentieth

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -eth1

From Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -eth1

Old English -eth, -th
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Example Sentences

Note, once for all, that 'th for final -eth is extremely common throughout all parts of this poem.

There will soon be one b-e-eg mince pie we-eth Captain Wright eenside.

This requires care, because the final -eth is usually written in full, though seldom sounded.

Nilgang yam eb dais ot eb os kile eth hatemcatsim atth ti nac veern eb fylul ratlen.

Eth-baal: so that even in the sacred writings we find terms of this sort transposed.

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