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firth

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/fɜːθ/
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/fɜːθ/ · /fɝθ/ · /fɪɹθ/

Definition of firth

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
    “The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.”
    “They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.”
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noun

  1. An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
    “The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.”
    “They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.”
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of frith (“a forest used for hunting; a (small) wood; wooded country; land covered mainly by brushwood”).

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
  5. (countable, uncountable)A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
  6. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).

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Etymology

Borrowed from Scots firth, furth, from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or both of Old English ford and Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”),…

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Borrowed from Scots firth, furth, from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or both of Old English ford and Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). The English word is a doublet of fjord, ford, port, and fjard.

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