"ith" meaning in English

See ith in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /aɪθ/ [UK, US], [aɪ̯θ] [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ith.wav
Rhymes: -aɪθ Etymology: From i + -th (ordinal suffix). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|i|th|id2=ordinal|pos2=ordinal suffix}} i + -th (ordinal suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ith (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Occurring at position i in a sequence. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: nth Translations (occurring at position i): i-esimo (Italian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɪθ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ith.wav Forms: iths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪθ Etymology: From Pitman ess and ish, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ith (plural iths)
  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound (/θ/) in Pitman shorthand. Related terms: thee, ish, theta, the name of the IPA letter for this sound
    Sense id: en-ith-en-noun-A7kA47cH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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