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-eth

/-əθ/

-eth suffix: used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.

Suffix (1)

-eth

  1. (archaic) Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.
    • Pride goeth before a fall... The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away...
  2. (humorous) Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect.
    • Hark, the assistant manager doth emaileth ye... But thou saideth!... Rolling a natural 20, he killedeth the kobolds... Verily, I am shooketh...

Suffix (2)

-eth

  1. used to create ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers ending in -y, namely the multiples of ten (other than ten itself): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90; e.g. twentieth, thirtieth.

Forms of -eth

alternative form-th

Origin of -eth

From Middle English -eth, -th, -ith, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ, from Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti.

From Middle English -th, -eth, -the, -ethe, from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, from Proto-Germanic *-þô, *-tô, *-udô, *-dô, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.

Questions about -eth

What does -eth mean?
-eth means used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.
What part of speech is -eth?
-eth is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -eth?
-eth is pronounced /-əθ/.

Words near -eth in the dictionary

  1. -esthesis
  2. -estr-
  3. -esy
  4. -et
  5. -ete
  6. -eth
  7. -ethidine
  8. -etic
  9. -etidine
  10. -etine
  11. -etta

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