Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-eth

/-əθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: -eth
IPA: /-əθ/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.

Archaic

suffix

Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect.

Humorous

suffix

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.

Example Sentences

"Pride goeth before a fall... The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away..."
"Hark, the assistant manager doth emaileth ye... But thou saideth!... Rolling a natural 20, he killedeth the kobolds... Verily, I am shooketh..."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -eth, -eþ, *-þi, *-ti, -th, -þa

Usage

Inflected Forms

-th (alternative)

Phrases

-e

Frequently Paired Words

-e -est -st

Questions

How do you pronounce -eth?: The recorded pronunciation is /-əθ/.
What does -eth mean?: Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.
Where does -eth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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