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語源 1

Borrowed from Scots firth, furth,^[1] from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or both 古期英語 ford and Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”),^[2] from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). The English word is a doublet of fjord, ford, and port.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /fɜːθ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɝθ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

名詞

firth (複数形 firths)

1. An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary. [from c. 1600]
   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:

     The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440:

     They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.

別の表記

• frith

上位語

• loch, sea loch

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English fyrth,^[3] a metathetic variant of frith (“forest”),^[4] from 古期英語 fyrhþe, fyrhþ (“forest, wooded country; game preserve, hunting ground”),^[5] from Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi (“forest, woodland”), Proto-Germanic *furhiþją (“forest, wooded country”), *furhiþǭ, from *furhu (“fir; pine”), from *furahō, *furhō (“fir; pine; (fir または pine) forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”), from *perkʷ- (“oak”).

名詞

firth (複数形 firths)

1. (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of frith (“a forest used for hunting; a (small) wood; wooded country; land covered mainly by brushwood”)

別の表記

• fyrth (廃れた用法)

参照

Further reading

• firth on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Frith, frith