-eth

1.
var. of -TH(1).
2.
suffix (also -th) archaic forming the 3rd person sing. present of verbs (doeth; saith).
Etymology: OE -eth, -ath, -th

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I. \\ə̇th\ verb suffix or -th \\th\

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -eth, -ath, -th, 3d singular present indicative endings of various classes of verbs; akin to Old High German -it, -ōt, -ēt, 3d singular present indicative endings, early Old Norse (runic) -ith, -īth, -ōth, -ēth, Gothic -ith, -eith, -oth, -aith, Latin -t (preceded by various thematic vowels), Greek -ti-, 3d singular present indicative ending of unthematic verbs, Sanskrit -ti (preceded by various thematic vowels or by a consonant), 3d singular present indicative ending

— used to form the archaic third person singular present indicative of verbs

goeth

doth

thinketh

hath

saith

maketh

leadeth

II. adjective suffix

— see -th

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-eth¹

an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.

Also, -th.

[OE -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to L -t]

-eth²

var. of -th², the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

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eth «ehth», noun.

= edh. (Cf. ↑edh)

-eth¹,

suffix. the form of -th (Cf. ↑-th) when the cardinal number to which it is attached ends in -y, as in twentieth, fiftieth.

-eth²,

Archaic or Poetic. a suffix used to form the third person singular of verbs in the present indicative active, as in »

the iceman cometh, the wind bloweth, the fire consumeth. One is uneasily conscious of the injunction that he that girdeth his harness on should not boast like him who taketh his harness off (Harold Hobson).

╂[Middle English -eth, Old English -ath]

Eth.,

Ethiopia.

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I

suffix variant spelling of -th I (as in fiftieth)

II

(also -th) suffix archaic forming the third person singular of the present tense of verbs

doeth | saith

Origin:

Old English -eth, -ath, -th

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— see ↑-th

———————— ↑-th