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ith
ith
English
Alternative forms
- ith
- Sometimes written as i'th or i-th
Pronunciation
Adjective
ith (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Occurring at position i in a sequence.
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Translations
Etymology 2
- From Pitman ess and ish, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.
Noun
ith (plural iths)
- The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound (/θ/) in Pitman shorthand.
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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *its, from Proto-Indo-European *egʰs (“from, out of”). Related to Lithuanian ìš, Latvian iz and Old Prussian is[1].
Adverb
ith
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References
- ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “ith”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 154
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ithid (“eats, bites, devours; grazes”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-. The future stem is from Old Irish ·íss, from Proto-Celtic *ɸiɸitsāti.
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 *h₁ed-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪ/, /ɪh/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /iː/
Verb
ith (present analytic itheann, future analytic íosfaidh, verbal noun ithe, past participle ite)
Conjugation
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form
In parts of Munster (e.g. Cape Clear Island, County Clare) another past tense is found in addition to the regular forms noted above:
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| past | duas | duais | duaidh sé, sí | duamair | duabhair | duadar | a duaidh | duadh |
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ith | n-ith | hith | t-ith |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ith" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ithid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 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 0-946452-98-9, p. 82.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iθʲ/
Verb
ith
- second-person singular imperative of ithid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ith | unchanged | n-ith |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “ithid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ithid (“eats, bites, devours; grazes”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸiteti, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iç/
Verb
ith (past dh'ith, future ithidh, verbal noun ithe, past participle ithte)
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “ithid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.