| 释义 |
-th
I.
— see -eth I
II. \th, usu with preceding epenthetic t after some consonants and in eighth; often t after some consonants or/and before the plural ending s, as in sixth(s), ninths\ adjective suffix
or -eth \ə̇th\
Etymology: Middle English -the, -te, -ethe, from Old English -tha, -ta, -otha, -etha; akin to Old High German -do, -to -th, Old Norse -di, -ti, Gothic -da, -ta, Latin -tus, Greek -tos, Sanskrit -tha
— used in forming ordinal numbers
< tenth >
< twentieth >
III. \th, usu with preceding epenthetic p, t, or k after some consonants; often t before the plural ending s, as in widths\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -the, -th, from Old English -thu, -th; akin to Old High German -ida, suffix forming abstract nouns, Old Norse -th, Gothic -itha, Latin -ta, Greek -tē, Sanskrit -tā
1. : act or process
< spilth >
2. : state or condition
< breadth >
< greenth >
< width >
IV. symbol
Etymology: -th (II)
— used after figures (as 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) to indicate ordinal numbers
< May 4th >
< 44th Street > |