heth

== English == === Alternative forms === chet, cheth, ḥet, ẖet, hheth, het, khet, kheth === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛθ === Noun === heth (plural heths) The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Hebrew alphabet === Further reading === heth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === From Hebrew חֵי״ת (ḥēṯ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt Hyphenation: hèth === Noun === heth m (invariable) heth, specifically: the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤇 the name of the Hebrew-script letter ח == Middle English == === Alternative forms === heeth, heþ heath, hethe, hetthe, heþe, heyth, hoth (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hǣþ, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛ̝ːθ/ Rhymes: -ɛːθ === Noun === heth (plural hethes) A heath; uncultivated land overgrown with scrubby vegetation. 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6. Shrubbery that grows in heaths, especially heather (plants of the family Ericaceae). (rare) A field or clearing. ==== Related terms ==== hethen ==== Descendants ==== English: heath ⇒ Middle Scots: haithehene ==== References ==== “hēth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “heath, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.