lith

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /lɪθ/ Rhymes: -ɪθ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”). ==== Alternative forms ==== lythe (15th century) ==== Noun ==== lith (plural liths) (UK dialectal) A limb; any member of the body. (UK dialectal) A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division. (Scotland) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English lēode (“people”). More at lede. ==== Noun ==== lith (uncountable) Property. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English *lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid. ==== Noun ==== lith (plural liths) (UK dialectal) A gate; a gap in a fence. === Etymology 4 === By shortening. ==== Noun ==== lith (plural liths) (sciences, informal) coccolith === Anagrams === Hilt, hilt == Linngithigh == === Verb === lith future of liy; will go == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== lith alternative form of light === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lith alternative form of lyth == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English lyth, from Old English liþ, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lɪθ] === Noun === lith (plural liths) (anatomy) limb, member (anatomy) joint segment, division (of an orange, apple, onion, etc.) joint, slice, segment one of the rings at the base of a cow's horn === Verb === lith (third-person singular simple present liths, present participle lithin, simple past and past participle lithit) to disjoint, sever the joints of, dislocate to wring a hen's neck == Yapese == === Verb === lith to cook