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eths

eths is the plural of eth.

Meaning of eth

Noun

eth (plural eths)

  1. A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
    • In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175

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Questions about eths

What is eths the plural of?
Eths is the plural of eth.

Words near eths in the dictionary

  1. ethren
  2. Ethridge
  3. ethrog
  4. ethrogim
  5. ethrogs
  6. eths
  7. ethule
  8. ethyl
  9. ethyl acetate
  10. ethyl alcohol
  11. ethyl biscoumacetate

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