different between ish vs ith

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From is

Verb

ish

1. Pronunciation spelling of is.

Etymology 2

From the suffix -ish.

Adverb

ish (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) somewhat, reasonably, fairly
   • 26 May 2012, Jason VandenBerghe, “The Five Domains of Play”, Gotland Game Conference, Uppsala University:

     This is where I started. Does Hermione like Dark Souls? Ish.

2. (colloquial) about, approximately

Synonyms

• (somewhat): fairly, rather, somewhat
• (approximately): about, almost, around, close to, loosely, near, nearly, roughly, round about

Translations

Etymology 3

From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.

Noun

ish (plural ishes)

1. The letter which stands for the sh sound /?/ in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• esh, the IPA letter for the same sound
• zhee

Etymology 4

Phonetic spelling of the clipping of issue.

Noun

ish (plural ishes)

1. (dated, fandom slang) An instalment of a periodical; an issue.

Derived terms

• annish
• thish

Etymology 5

Minced oath for shit.

Noun

ish (uncountable)

1. (euphemistic) Shit.
   • 2015, Ni-Ni Simone, Amir Abrams, Lights, Love & Lip Gloss, page 51:

     I passed on that craziness. I wasn't messing with that ish.

References

• (Periodical): Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “ish”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, pages 101–102
• (Periodical): Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “ish n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

Anagrams

• His, IHS, Shi, his, shi

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ush

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

ish

1. chase chicken away

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *i?x-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi. Compare Classical Nahuatl ?xtli (“eye”). Cognate with Yaqui puusim, Hopi poosi'(at), Comanche pui, Shoshone buih, Cahuilla púchill, and Cora h???si.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /i??/
• (Izalco) IPA^(key): /i?/

Noun

-?sh (plural -ij?sh)

1. eye, (sometimes "face" in compounds)

2. seed, grain

3. eyehole, hole, opening
4. bead

Scots

Noun

ish

1. issue; liberty of going out

English

Etymology 1

From i +? -th.

Alternative forms

• ith
• Sometimes written as i'th or i-th

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /a??/, [a???]

Adjective

ith (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Occurring at position i in a sequence.

Related terms

• nth

Translations

Etymology 2

From Pitman ess and ish, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??/

Noun

ith (plural iths)

1. The letter ?(?, which stands for the th sound (/?/) in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• thee
• ish
• theta, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Anagrams

• HIT, hit, iht, thi-

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *its, from Proto-Indo-European *e??s (“from, out of”). Related to Lithuanian ìš, Latvian iz and Old Prussian is. The change in meaning is a part of the wider sematic shift of prepositions (see nga); the old meaning is preserved in the prefix sh- (partially influenced by a homonymous prefix of Latin origin continuing Latin dis-).

Adverb

ith

1. (obsolete) behind

Related terms

• ind

References

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ithid (“eats, bites, devours; grazes”), from Proto-Celtic *?iteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-. The future stem is from Old Irish ·íss, from Proto-Celtic *?i?its?ti.

The occasional Munster past tense form duaidh is from Old Irish ·dúaid (deuterotonic do·fúaid), from dí- + fo- + Proto-Celtic *ed-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?/, /?h/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /i?/

Verb

ith (present analytic itheann, future analytic íosfaidh, verbal noun ithe, past participle ite)

1. eat

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• "ith" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 136.
• Holmer, Nils M. (1962). The Dialects of Co. Clare, part I. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, p. 151.
• Ó Buachalla, Breandán (2003). An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Chléire. Dublin: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, ?ISBN, p. 82.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *?itu, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt- (“food, nutrition”); from the root of ithid (“to eat”). Cognate with Welsh ?d.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?/

Noun

ith n (genitive etho, no plural)

1. corn, grain

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: ioth

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i??/

Verb

ith

1. second-person singular imperative of ithid

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ithid (“eats, bites, devours; grazes”), from Proto-Celtic *?iteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iç/

Verb

ith (past dh'ith, future ithidh, verbal noun ithe, past participle ithte)

1. eat

Derived terms

References

• “ith” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language