different between ithe vs ith

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ð/
• Rhymes: -a?ð

Etymology 1

From Middle English ythe, ithe, uthe, from Old English ?þ (“wave, billow, flood, sea, liquid, water”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþ? (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, *und- (“wave”). Cognate with German Unde (“flood, wave”), Icelandic unnur (“wave”).

Noun

ithe (plural ithes)

1. (archaic) A wave.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) Waves; the sea.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ithen, related to Old Norse iðja (“to be active, do, perform”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

ithe (third-person singular simple present ithes, present participle ithing, simple past and past participle ithed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To thrive; flourish; prosper.

Derived terms

• ithand

Anagrams

• Heit, Hite

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ithe

1. inflection of ith:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Noun

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

1. verbal noun of ith
2. eating

Declension

(as verbal noun):

(as regular noun):

Mutation

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìð??/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with k?guny?, njag?, kiug?, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including g?kwa (pl. ikwa), ithang? (pl. mathang?), kiug?, k?boko, k?guny?, k?nya, k?roboto, k?r??mi, mbogo, m?cinga, m?gate, m?haka, m?rangi, m?r?thi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, ny?mba, th?, and so on.

Noun

ithe 1

1. his or her father

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• g?tir? mwana ?ng?tema ag?temera ithe
• ithe wa thaka ndar? mat?
• mwana m?k?r? na ithe n? hamwe
• mwana ndah?ragwo ithe ar? ho
• mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
• mwana wa rwendo ar?aga nyina na ithe
• mwathwo n? nda a(a)k?ra/ar?g?(?)te mwathwo n? ithe
• ?r? ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro

See also

• (my) baba; (thy) thoguo

References

• “ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Middle English

Noun

ithe

1. Alternative form of ythe

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hithe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??e/

Noun

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ithid
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102^a15

Inflection

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ithe f

1. (act of) eating

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