ithe
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English ithe, from Old English ȳþ, from Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *unt-, *und- (“wave”). Cognate with German Unde (“flood, wave”), Icelandic unnur (“wave”).
Noun[edit]
ithe (plural ithes)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ithen, related to Old Norse iðja (“to be active, do, perform”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb[edit]
ithe (third-person singular simple present ithes, present participle ithing, simple past and past participle ithed)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To thrive; flourish; prosper.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɪhə/[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /iː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɪçɪ/[2]
- Homophones: aoi, í, íoth, oíche, uí, Uí (all for the Cois Fharraige pronunciation)
Verb[edit]
ithe
- inflection of ith:
- analytic present subjunctive
- (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative
Noun[edit]
ithe m (genitive singular ite)
- verbal noun of ith
- eating
Declension[edit]
(as verbal noun):
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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(as regular noun):
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with 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. |
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
Kikuyu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- 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[edit]
ithe class 1
- his or her father
Derived terms[edit]
(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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
ithe
- Alternative form of ythe
Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ithe f
- verbal noun of ithid
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102a15
- Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aís sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.
- They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make [lit: ‘that they visit’] to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102a15
Inflection[edit]
Feminine iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | itheL | ithiL | ithi |
Vocative | itheL | ithiL | ithi |
Accusative | ithiN | ithiL | ithi |
Genitive | ithe | itheL | itheN |
Dative | ithiL | ithib | ithib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ithe | unchanged | n-ithe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ithe f
- verbal noun of ith (“to eat”)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ithe | n-ithe | h-ithe | t-ithe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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