-eth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.
  2. Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect.
suffix
  1. used to create ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers ending in -y, namely the multiples of ten (other than ten itself): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90; e.g. twentieth, thirtieth.

Pronunciation

/-əθ/ /ɪθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--eth.wav

Word forms

-eth -th

Etymology

From Middle English -eth, -th, -ith, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ, from Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti.

Related words

-e
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