ithe

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aɪð/
  • Rhymes: -aɪð

Etymology 1

From Middle English ythe, ithe, uthe, from Old English ȳþ (“wave, billow, flood, sea, liquid, water”), from Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, *und- (“wave”). Cognate with German Unde (“flood, wave”), Icelandic unnur (“wave”), Latin unda (“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”).

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɪhə/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /iː/

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):

Declension of ithe

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ithe
Vocative a ithe
Genitive ite
Dative ithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ithe
Genitive an ite
Dative leis an ithe

don ithe

(as regular noun):

Declension of ithe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ithe
Vocative a ithe
Genitive ithe
Dative ithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-ithe
Genitive an ithe
Dative leis an ithe

don ithe

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ithe n-ithe hithe t-ithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ìðɛ̌/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ithe class 1

  1. his or her father

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
  • ithe wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
  • mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
  • mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
  • mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
  • mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
  • mwathwo nĩ nda a(a)kĩra/arũgĩ(ĩ)te mwathwo nĩ ithe
  • ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro

See also

References
  1. Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  • “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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiθʲe/

Noun

ithe f

  1. verbal noun of ithid

Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ithe unchanged n-ithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ithe f

  1. (act of) eating
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