ithe

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪð/

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• Rhymes: -aɪð

Etymology 1

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

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”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• ithand

Anagrams

• Heit, Hite

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪhə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /iː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪçɪ/
• Homophones: aoi, í, íoth, oíche, uí, Uí (all for the Cois Fharraige pronunciation)

Verb

ithe

1. inflection of ith:
   1. analytic present subjunctive
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Noun

ithe m (genitive singular ite)

1. verbal noun of ith
2. eating

Declension

(as verbal noun):

(as regular noun):

Mutation

References

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)

• (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.

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

• (my) baba; (thy) thoguo

References

• “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

Alternative forms

• hithe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiθʲe/

Noun

ithe f

1. 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. 102^a15

     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 to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

Inflection

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiçə/

Noun

ithe f

1. verbal noun of ith (“to eat”)

Mutation