English [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Middle English ythe, ithe, uthe, from Old English ȳþ (“wave, billow, flood, sea, liquid, water”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?] , 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)

( archaic ) A wave. ( obsolete , in the in the plural ) Waves; the sea.

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 ]

Verb [ edit ]

ithe

ith inflection of present subjunctive analytic ( obsolete ) second-person singular present indicative

Noun [ edit ]

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

Declension [ edit ]

(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 [ edit ]

Irish mutation 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.

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 )

( Limuru ) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[1]

Noun [ edit ]

ithe class 1

his or her father

Derived terms [ edit ]

(Proverbs)

See also [ edit ]

( my ) baba ( thy ) thoguo

References [ edit ]

“ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Middle English [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

ithe

ythe Alternative form of

Old Irish [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

ithe f

ithid verbal noun of 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. 102 a 15 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.

Inflection [ edit ]

Feminine iā-stem Singular Dual Plural Nominative ithe L ithi L ithi Vocative ithe L ithi L ithi Accusative ithi N ithi L ithi Genitive ithe ithe L ithe N Dative ithi L ithib ithib Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration

= triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition

= triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation [ edit ]

Old Irish mutation 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 ]

Noun [ edit ]