# ithe
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈihɪ/
* (Galway) IPA: /ˈiːhə/, /ˈiː.ə/, /iə/, /iː/, /i/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈiçə/
* Homophones: aoi, í, Í, íoth, oíche, uí, Uí (some Galway pronunciations)

### Verb

ithe
* inflection of ith:
** analytic present subjunctive
** (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

### Noun

ithe m (genitive singular ite)
* verbal noun of ith
* eating

#### Declension

(as verbal noun):
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
ithe
vocative
a ithe
genitive
ite
dative
ithe
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-ithe
genitive
an ite
dative
leis an ithe don ithe :
(as regular noun):
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
ithe
vocative
a ithe
genitive
ithe
dative
ithe
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-ithe
genitive
an ithe
dative
leis an ithe don ithe :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 132, page 69
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 144
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 143, page 61
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 277
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.60, page 89
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 191, page 73

## Kikuyu
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ìðɛ̌/
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
* (Kiambu)
   * (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.

### Noun

ithe class 1
* his or her father

#### Derived terms

(Proverbs)
* gũtirĩ mwana ũngĩtema agĩtemera ithe
* ithe wa thaka ndarĩ matũ
* mwana mũkũrũ na ithe nĩ hamwe
* mwana ndahũragwo ithe arĩ ho
* mwana ndetagia ithe nyama
* mwana wa rwendo arĩaga nyina na ithe
* mwathwo nĩ nda a(a)kĩra/arũgĩ(ĩ)te mwathwo nĩ ithe
* ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro

#### See also

* (my) baba; (thy) thoguo

### References

* ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
* “ithe” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 192. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Middle English
### Noun

ithe
* Alternative form of ythe

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* hithe

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiθʲe/

### Noun

ithe f
* verbal noun of ithid
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102$^a$15
    Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aís sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make [lit: ‘that they visit’] to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiçə/

### Noun

ithe f
* verbal noun of ith (“to eat”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.