Meaning of -th | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
   idiomatic, morpheme
2. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”.
   morpheme
3. A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
   archaic, morpheme
4. Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives.
   morpheme
5. Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
   morpheme
6. Used to form the denominator of a fraction.
   morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“grow + -th → growth”

“heal + -th → health”

“steal + -th → stealth”

“bear + -th → birth”

“warm + -th → warmth”

“long + -th → length”

“wide + -th → width”

“deep + -th → depth”

“strong + -th → strength”

“the 4th/Fourth of July”

“Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location.”

“The nth term of a geometrical progression whose first term is a and common ratio is r is given by ar#123;n-1#125;.”

“one seventh; three tenths”

“come → cometh”

“have → hath”

“do → doth”

“say → saith”

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