th-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "th"
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English th-.
Prefix
th-
- (obsolete) The.
- 1555, Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, translated by Richard Eden, The decades of the newe worlde or west India[1], London: William Powell, page 290:
- Note therfore that Czar in the Ruthens tounge signifieth a kynge, wheras in the language of the Slauons, Pollons, Bohemes, and other, the same woorde Czar, signifieth Cesar by whiche name Themperours haue byn commonly cauled.
Derived terms
See also
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “th-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Lower Tanana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θ/
Prefix
th-
- alternative form of dh- (negative prefix)
Usage notes
Used in the third person with the ∅- and de-classifiers.
References
- Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 140
Middle English
Prefix
th-
- the (written with elision before a vowel)
Usage notes
- Chaucer used forms such as thabsence, tharray, thegle (the eagle), and thingot.
References
- “th”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Yola
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English th-.
Prefix
th-
Derived terms
Yola terms prefixed with th-