Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁dʰ-. Others prefer to connect it with Proto-Slavic *dědъ (“grandfather”), Lithuanian dė̃dė, dė̃dis (“uncle”) and Latvian dȩ̀ds (“old man”).
τήθη • (tḗthē) f (genitive τήθης); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τήθη hē tḗthē |
τὼ τήθᾱ tṑ tḗthā |
αἱ τῆθαι hai têthai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τήθης tês tḗthēs |
τοῖν τήθαιν toîn tḗthain |
τῶν τηθῶν tôn tēthôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τήθῃ têi tḗthēi |
τοῖν τήθαιν toîn tḗthain |
ταῖς τήθαις taîs tḗthais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τήθην tḕn tḗthēn |
τὼ τήθᾱ tṑ tḗthā |
τᾱ̀ς τήθᾱς tā̀s tḗthās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τήθη tḗthē |
τήθᾱ tḗthā |
τῆθαι têthai | ||||||||||
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