teth

American  

[tet, tes] / tɛt, tɛs /

noun

1. the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

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teth British  

/ tɛt, tɛs /

noun

1. the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט) transliterated as t and pronounced more or less like English t with pharyngeal articulation

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Etymology

Origin of teth

From Hebrew

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

teth

Analogously, töth appears as teth, födian as fedian, later fedan.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

With þe neue he robert sette Biforn þe teth a dint ful strong.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

And he anon the teth outdrouh, And sette his Oxen in a plouh, 3720 With which he brak a piece of lond And sieu hem with his oghne hond.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay

He must be careful, also, not to expectorate across the table, 'ne at the borde ye shall no naylis pare ne pyke your teth with knyf.'

From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan

Now I shall sorrowfully sithien from the. depart from thee; nu beoth thine teth atru.

From The Departing Soul's Address to the Body A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral by Samuel Weller Singer