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eth

1 American  
[eth] / ɛð /
Or edh

noun

  1. a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.

-eth 2 American  

  1. an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.

-eth 3 American  

  1. variant of -th, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

Eth. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Ethiopia.

-eth 1 British  

suffix

  1. forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbs

    goeth

    taketh
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-eth 2 British  

suffix

  1. a variant of -th 2

    twentieth
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ETH 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Ethiopia (international car registration)

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Eth. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Ethiopia(n)

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eth 5 British  
/ ɛð, ɛθ /

noun

  1. a variant of edh

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Etymology

Origin of -eth

From Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t

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