eth

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  eth    ETH    -eth    -th  

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eth /ɛð/ (also edh)

▶noun an Old English letter, ð or Ð, representing the dental fricatives /ð/ and /θ/, eventually superseded by the digraph th.

– origin from Dan. edh, perh. representing the sound of the letter.

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ETH

▶abbreviation Ethiopia (international vehicle registration).

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-eth1

▶suffix variant spelling of -th1 (as in fiftieth).

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-eth2 (also -th)

▶suffix archaic forming the third person singular of the present tense of verbs: doeth.

– origin OE -eth, -ath, -th.

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-th1 (also -eth)

▶suffix forming ordinal and fractional numbers from four onwards: sixth.

– origin OE -(o)tha, -(o)the.

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-th2

▶suffix forming nouns.

• 1 (from verbs) denoting an action or process: growth.

• 2 (from adjectives) denoting a state: filth.

– origin OE -thu, -tho, -th.

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-th3

▶suffix variant spelling of -eth2 (as in doth).