-th
a suffix forming nouns of action (birth) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth).
-th2
a suffix used in the formation of ordinal numbers (fourth, tenth), in some cases, added to altered stems of the cardinal (fifth; twelfth).
origin
-th3
variant of -eth1 :
doth.
-eth2
suffix
a variant of -th2 twentieth
-th1
suffix
(from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence growth
(from adjectives) indicating a quality width
word origin
from old english -thu, -tho
-th2
suffix
forming ordinal numbers fourth, thousandth
word origin
from old english -(o)tha, -(o)the
-th
suffix forming nouns from verbs (depth, strength, truth, etc.), from o.e. -ðu, -ð, from pie –ita (cf. skt. -tati-, gk. -tet-, l. -tati-). the suffix forming ordinal numbers (fourth, tenth, etc.) is o.e. -ða, from pie –tos (cf. skt. thah, gk. -tos, l. -tus).
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