aþの英語

発音

• IPA: /ɑːθ/
• 韻: -ɑːθ

名詞

āþ m

1. an oath
   • c. 7th century, Cædmon, Caedmon's metrical paraphrase of parts of the Holy Scriptures‎:

     he aþ swereþ þurh his selfes lif

     he swears an oath on his own life.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• friþāþ
• mānāþ

派生した語

• Middle English: oth, ooth, ath
  • English: oath
  • Scots: aith
  • Yola: oathès (plural)

発音

• IPA: /ɑθ/

語源 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-ōþ, from Proto-Germanic *-ōþi.

別の表記

• -as, -es — Northumbrian

接尾辞

-aþ

1. Third person singular present indicative ending of class 2 weak verbs.

   Hit macaþ ― it makes

派生した語

• Middle English: -eth, -et, -eþ, -it, -ith, -yt, -yth, -yþ, -th, -þ (especially Late Middle English), -ot, -oth, -oþ, -ut, -uth, -uþ (Southwestern, West Midland)
  • English: -eth, -th (archaic)
  • → Middle Scots: -eth, -ith (literary, under Chaucerian influence)

語源 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-anþ (“third person plural indicative ending of weak verbs”), from Proto-Germanic *-anþi (“third person plural indicative ending of weak verbs”). Cognate with Old Saxon -ad, Swabian -ad.

別の表記

• -as, -es — Northumbrian

接尾辞

-aþ

1. First, second and third person plural present indicative ending of strong verbs, class 1 weak verbs, and class 3 weak verbs.

   Hīe cumaþ ― they come

2. (used without postpositioned "ġē") Second person plural imperative ending of strong verbs, class 1 weak verbs, and class 3 weak verbs.

   Cumaþ! ― Come! (see usage note below)

使用する際の注意点

• -aþ is used to form the second person plural imperative form of verbs except when the verb is followed by the pronoun ġē, in which case the verb takes -e (e.g. cumaþ! ("come!") vs. cume ġē! ("come ye!")).

関連する語

• -iaþ

派生した語

• Middle English: -eth, -eþ, -ith, -uth, -uþ, -yth, -yþ
  • English: -eth, -th (dialectal, obsolete)
  • → Middle Scots: -eth, -ith (literary, under Chaucerian influence)

語源 3

接尾辞

-aþ m

1. alternative form of -oþ