Define:Tho
Relatit: Appendix:Variations of "tho"
English eedit
Pronunciation eedit
Etymology 1 eedit
Frae Middle Inglis
,
, frae Old English
, frae Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), frae Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”).
Article eedit
Tho
Pronoun eedit
Tho
Etymology 2 eedit
Frae Middle Inglis
,
, frae Old English þā (“then, when”), frae Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), frae Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”).
Adverb eedit
Tho (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 eedit
Tho
- (dialectal) When.
Etymology 3 eedit
American Inglis; Alteration o
.
Adverb eedit
tho
- (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 eedit
Crimean Gothic eedit
Etymology eedit
Frae Proto-Germanic *sa, *sō, *þat.
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Tho
- the
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- omnibus vero dictionibus praeponebat articulum tho aut the
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Usage notes eedit
While 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 eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- /θoː/
Adverb eedit
Tho (comparative mair tho, superlative maist tho)