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-th 1

suff.
Variant of -eth1.

-th 2

suff.
1. Act; process:spilth.
2. State; quality:dearth.
[Middle English, from Old English-thu,n. suff.]

-th 3

also-eth
suff.
Used to form ordinal numbers:millionth.
[Middle English-the, from Old English-tha, -the.]
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-th

suffix forming nouns
1. (from verbs) indicating an action or its consequence:growth.
2. (from adjectives) indicating a quality:width.
[from Old English-thu, -tho]

-th

or

-eth

suffix
(Mathematics) forming ordinal numbers:fourth;thousandth.
[from Old English -(o)tha, -(o)the]
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Th


Chem. Symbol.
thorium.

-th1

,
a suffix forming nouns of action (birth) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition (depth; length; warmth).
[Middle English-th(e), Old English-thu, -tho, -th (variant-t after a velar,f, ors), c. Gothic-itha, Latin-tus, Greek-tos]

-th2

,
a suffix used in the formation of ordinal numbers: fourth; tenth.
[Middle English-the, -te, Old English-tha, -the (variant-ta afterf ors), c. Old Norse-thi, -di, Latin-tus, Greek-tos; compare-eth2]

-th3

,
var. of-eth1: doth.

Th.

Thursday.
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