"kith" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɪθ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-kith.wav [UK] Forms: kiths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪθ Etymology: From Middle English kith (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kith||kinsmen, relations}} Middle English kith (“kinsmen, relations”), {{inh|en|ang|cȳþþ}} Old English cȳþþ, {{m|ang|cȳþþu||kinship, kinsfolk, relations}} cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kunþiþō||knowledge, acquaintance}} Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-||to know}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), {{cog|goh|kundida||kith}} Old High German kundida (“kith”), {{m|goh|kundī||knowledge}} kundī (“knowledge”), {{cog|got|𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹||knowledge}} Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”), {{l|en|couth}} couth, {{l|en|-th}} -th Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} kith (usually uncountable, plural kiths)
  1. (archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (friends and acquaintances): coneguts [masculine, plural] (Catalan), amistats f pl i parentela [feminine] (Catalan), známí [masculine, plural] (Czech), ystävät ja tuttavat [plural] (Finnish), ნაცნობები და ნათესავები (nacnobebi da natesavebi) (Georgian), друзья́ и знако́мые (druzʹjá i znakómyje) [plural] (Russian), znanci [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poznanici [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vänner [plural] (Swedish), bekanta [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-kith-en-noun-JQr-IG3b Disambiguation of Collectives: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 17 13 6 6 6 18 1 19 12 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 18 15 6 6 5 16 1 17 14 Disambiguation of 'friends and acquaintances': 91 9
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, rustic, countable) An acquaintance or a friend. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, usually
    Sense id: en-kith-en-noun-~F64ql1W Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 17 13 6 6 6 18 1 19 12 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 18 15 6 6 5 16 1 17 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: friend, acquaintance Derived forms: kith and kin, kith and kine, kithfolk, kithless Related terms: kin, kinfolk

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "druzʹjá i znakómyje",
      "sense": "friends and acquaintances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "друзья́ и знако́мые"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "friends and acquaintances",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "znanci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "friends and acquaintances",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poznanici"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friends and acquaintances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vänner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friends and acquaintances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bekanta"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mental Floss",
    "Pocket (service)"
  ],
  "word": "kith"
}

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