-th

¹

1. a suffix forming nouns of action ( birth ) or abstract nouns denoting quality or condition ( depth; length; warmth ).

-th

²

1. a suffix used in the formation of ordinal numbers ( fourth, tenth ), in some cases, added to altered stems of the cardinal ( fifth; twelfth ).

-th

³

1. variant of -eth ¹:

   doth.

Th

⁴

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. thorium.

Th.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Thursday.

T.H.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. Territory of Hawaii.

th

¹

the internet domain name for

1. Thailand

-th

²

suffix forming nouns

1. from verbs indicating an action or its consequence

   growth

2. from adjectives indicating a quality

   width

Th

³

the chemical symbol for

1. thorium

-th

⁴

suffix

1. forming ordinal numbers

   fourth

   thousandth

Word History and Origins

Origin of -th¹

Middle English -th ( e ), Old English -thu, -tho, -th (variant -t after a velar, f, or s ); cognate with Gothic -itha, Latin -tus, Greek -tos

Origin of -th²

Middle English -the, -te, Old English -tha, -the (variant -ta after f or s ); cognate with Old Norse -thi, -di, Latin -tus, Greek -tos; -eth ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of -th¹

from Old English -thu, -tho

Origin of -th²

from Old English -( o ) tha, -( o ) the

Example Sentences

To celebrate the 1,000th Daily Pic, we declare "Las Meninas" the West's greatest hit.

From The Daily Beast

“Indisputable,” which Joyce used only twice, was tied for the 10,000th spot.

From The Daily Beast

Drybar recently reached the milestone of the 1,111,111th customer; she was awarded free blowouts for life.

From The Daily Beast

The vehicle has even gained traction abroad, with Nissan celebrating its 10,000th sale in Europe in late May.

From The Daily Beast

By the time Putin joined Berlusconi on his n-th trip to Sardinia, in 2003, they were already on hugging terms.

From The Daily Beast

At a later time, wonder, when thus used adverbially, received the adverbial suffix -s; hence Th.

From Project Gutenberg

Note, once for all, that 'th for final -eth is extremely common throughout all parts of this poem.

From Project Gutenberg

We may also notice that com'th is a monosyllable , whereas trewely has three syllables, though in l. 35 it makes but two.

From Project Gutenberg

What does he care hwhat becomes o' th' poor Oirish, so long as he gets his billyfull?

From Project Gutenberg

But they got to quarrelin' and all left th' old man an' he was so mad he cut 'em all out o' his will.

From Project Gutenberg