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This suffix does not affect stress and does not add a syllable. It is pronounced as a terminating consonant on the preceding element, though this can result in a change to the preceding vowel.

Etymology: In sense 1 in some words, as bath n.¹, birth n.¹, death n., math n.¹, oath n., Germanic, representing various Indo-European suffixes, as -tos , -tâ , -tis , -tus , in which the t following the stressed syllable regularly became þ in Germanic; in others, as growth n.¹, tilth n., going back to Old Norse or Old English; in others, as blowth n., spilth n., stealth n., of later analogical formation. In many words Indo-European t remained in consequence of its position, or þ was subsequently changed to t : see -t suffix³ 1 In sense 2 representing Indo-European -itâ , Germanic -iþô , Gothic -iþa , Old English -þu , -þo , -þ , with preceding i- umlaut, forming abstract nouns of state: as filth n. (Old English fýlþ , Old Saxon fūlitha from fúl foul), health n., length n., mirth n., strength n., truth n.; in Middle English and also in cognate languages, dearth n., depth n.; of later analogical formation, breadth n., sloth n.¹ (compare Old English slǽwþ ), wealth n. In some words of this group, þ has, by phonetic causes, become t , e.g. Old English híehþu , Middle English heiȝþe , now height n., Old Norse slægð , Middle English sleiȝþe , now sleight n.¹: see -t suffix³ 2.

A formative of nouns.

1. from verbs.

2. from adjectives (rarely nouns).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

-thsuffix²

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; see e.g. hundredth adj. and n.

Etymology: Representing Old English -þa , -þe , or -oða , -oðe , used with all ordinals except fífta , sixta , ellefta , twelfta , which had the ending -ta , -te ; in Scottish, northern English, and many midland dialects the latter, in form -t , is used with all simple numerals after third adj. (fourt , fift , sixt , sevent , tent , hundert , etc.). In Kentish and Old Northumbrian those from seventh adj. to tenth adj. had formerly the ending -da, -de. All these variations, -th, -t, -d, represent an original Indo-European -tos (compare Greek πέμπτος, Latin quintus fifth), understood to be identical with one of the suffixes of the superlative degree. In Old English fífta, sixta, the original t was retained, being protected by the preceding consonant; the -þa and -da were due to the position of the stress accent, according to Verner's Law.The ordinals from twentieth adj. to ninetieth adj. have -eth, Old English -oða, -oðe.

1. Forming ordinal numbers; in modern literary English used with all simple numbers from fourth onward.In compound numerals -th is added only to the last, as ¹/ ₁₃₄₅, the one thousand three hundred and forty-fifth part; in his one-and-twentieth year.

2. Used in works of fiction with preceding dash or hyphen to denote an unspecified ordinal number presented as the name of an unspecified or fictitious regiment.

ΚΠ

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvi. 324 Colonel O'Dowd, of the —th regiment.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. v. 101 The —th came back to Brighton and to barracks.

1931 S. Jameson Richer Dust x. 297 Someone asked him if it were true that the —th had run like hell in front of Festubert.

1949 G. Heyer Arabella ii. 33 Algernon..held a commission in the –th Regiment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	-th
释义	-thsuffix¹ This suffix does not affect stress and does not add a syllable. It is pronounced as a terminating consonant on the preceding element, though this can result in a change to the preceding vowel. Etymology: In sense 1 in some words, as bath n.¹, birth n.¹, death n., math n.¹, oath n., Germanic, representing various Indo-European suffixes, as -tos , -tâ , -tis , -tus , in which the t following the stressed syllable regularly became þ in Germanic; in others, as growth n.¹, tilth n., going back to Old Norse or Old English; in others, as blowth n., spilth n., stealth n., of later analogical formation. In many words Indo-European t remained in consequence of its position, or þ was subsequently changed to t : see -t suffix³ 1 In sense 2 representing Indo-European -itâ , Germanic -iþô , Gothic -iþa , Old English -þu , -þo , -þ , with preceding i- umlaut, forming abstract nouns of state: as filth n. (Old English fýlþ , Old Saxon fūlitha from fúl foul), health n., length n., mirth n., strength n., truth n.; in Middle English and also in cognate languages, dearth n., depth n.; of later analogical formation, breadth n., sloth n.¹ (compare Old English slǽwþ ), wealth n. In some words of this group, þ has, by phonetic causes, become t , e.g. Old English híehþu , Middle English heiȝþe , now height n., Old Norse slægð , Middle English sleiȝþe , now sleight n.¹: see -t suffix³ 2. A formative of nouns. 1. from verbs. 2. from adjectives (rarely nouns). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). -thsuffix² Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; see e.g. hundredth adj. and n. Etymology: Representing Old English -þa , -þe , or -oða , -oðe , used with all ordinals except fífta , sixta , ellefta , twelfta , which had the ending -ta , -te ; in Scottish, northern English, and many midland dialects the latter, in form -t , is used with all simple numerals after third adj. (fourt , fift , sixt , sevent , tent , hundert , etc.). In Kentish and Old Northumbrian those from seventh adj. to tenth adj. had formerly the ending -da, -de. All these variations, -th, -t, -d, represent an original Indo-European -tos (compare Greek πέμπτος, Latin quintus fifth), understood to be identical with one of the suffixes of the superlative degree. In Old English fífta, sixta, the original t was retained, being protected by the preceding consonant; the -þa and -da were due to the position of the stress accent, according to Verner's Law.The ordinals from twentieth adj. to ninetieth adj. have -eth, Old English -oða, -oðe. 1. Forming ordinal numbers; in modern literary English used with all simple numbers from fourth onward.In compound numerals -th is added only to the last, as ¹/ ₁₃₄₅, the one thousand three hundred and forty-fifth part; in his one-and-twentieth year. 2. Used in works of fiction with preceding dash or hyphen to denote an unspecified ordinal number presented as the name of an unspecified or fictitious regiment. ΚΠ 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvi. 324 Colonel O'Dowd, of the —th regiment. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. v. 101 The —th came back to Brighton and to barracks. 1931 S. Jameson Richer Dust x. 297 Someone asked him if it were true that the —th had run like hell in front of Festubert. 1949 G. Heyer Arabella ii. 33 Algernon..held a commission in the –th Regiment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < suffix¹suffix²1847
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