(亦作-eth)
- forming ordinal and fractional numbers from four onwards加在四和四以上的基数词后, 构成序数词 表示“第(几)”:
fifth
sixty-sixth.
词源
Old English -(o)tha, -(o)the.
forming nouns [构成名词]
1
- (from verbs) denoting an action or process由动词构成表示“动作”, “过程”:
birth
growth.
2
- (from adjectives) denoting a state[由形容词构成]表示“状态”, “性质”:
filth
health
width.
词源
Old English -thu, -tho, -th.