-lithとは 意味・読み方・使い方

派生語

語源 1

From Middle English lith, lyth, from 古期英語 liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”).

別の表記

• lythe (15th century)

名詞

lith (複数形 liths)

1. (UK dialectal) A limb; any member of the body.
2. (UK dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.

   lith and limb;  out of lith

   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book III:

     he departed with the lady / & brouȝt her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me

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3. (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

派生語

• lithy

語源 2

From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), 古期英語 lēode (“people”). More at lede.

名詞

lith (uncountable)

1. Property.

語源 3

From *Middle English lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), 古期英語 hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid.

名詞

lith (複数形 liths)

1. (UK dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence.

語源 4

By shortening.

名詞

lith (複数形 liths)

1. (sciences, informal) coccolith

アナグラム

• Hilt, hilt

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: lĭth, IPA^(key): /lɪθ/
• 異形同音異義語: -lith, lith

接頭辞

lith-

1. stone

使用する際の注意点

• When combined with a word or another affix which begins with a consonant, this prefix concatenates with -o- (as litho-).

同意語

派生語

関連する語

参照

• “litho-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

アナグラム

• Hilt, hilt