Define:Tho
Relatit: Appendix:Variations of "tho"
English
eeditPronunciation
eeditEtymology 1
eeditFrae Middle Inglis
,
, frae Old English
, frae Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), frae Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”).
Article
eeditTho
Pronoun
eeditTho
Etymology 2
eeditFrae Middle Inglis
,
, frae Old English þā (“then, when”), frae Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), frae Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”).
Adverb
eeditTho (nae comparable)
- (now Template:Context 2) Then; thareupon.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- Tho, her avizing of the vertues rare / Which thereof spoken were, she gan againe / Her to bethink of that mote to her selfe pertaine.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
Conjunction
eeditTho
- (dialectal) When.
Etymology 3
eeditAmerican Inglis; Alteration o
.
Adverb
eedittho
- (informal, Template:Context 2) Lua error in Module:Form_of/templates at line 167: Please enter a language code in the first parameter..
- 2009, John Hough, Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg[1], Simon and Schuster, ISBN 9781416589655, page 121:
- I wonder now when I will find time to read it but it is a treasure anyway tho heavy in my knapsack, …
- 2009, John Hough, Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg[1], Simon and Schuster, ISBN 9781416589655, page 121:
Anagrams
eeditCrimean Gothic
eeditEtymology
eeditFrae Proto-Germanic *sa, *sō, *þat.
Article
eeditTho
- the
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- omnibus vero dictionibus praeponebat articulum tho aut the
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Usage notes
eeditWhile it is likely that Crimean Gothic retained grammatical gender, de Busbecq's letter daes nae mention which airticles are uised wi which wirds, makin it impossible tae reconstruct thair gender.
Scots
eeditPronunciation
eedit- /θoː/
Adverb
eeditTho (comparative mair tho, superlative maist tho)