-eth — English Dictionary

Suffix

1. Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • morpheme

   Examples

   Pride goeth before a fall... The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away...

2. Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect.

   Usage

   • Humorous
   • morpheme

   Examples

   Hark, the assistant manager doth emaileth ye... But thou saideth!... Rolling a natural 20, he killedeth the kobolds... Verily, I am shooketh...

Suffix

1. used to create ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers ending in -y, namely the multiples of ten (other than ten itself): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90; e.g. twentieth, thirtieth.

   Usage

   • morpheme