Old English · suffix

-þu

Part of speech: suffix, feminine
Verb class: o-stem
IPA: /θu/
Syllables: θu (1 syllable)
Modern English: forming adjectives nouns verbs mutation preceding vowels -th

Meaning

forming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or other nouns; generally causing mutation of root or preceding vowels

Declension

Declension of -þu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-þu	-þa
Accusative	-þe þu	-þa
Genitive	-þe þu	-þa
Dative	-þe þu	-þum

Etymology

Partly from Proto-West Germanic *-iþu, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō; and partly from -þ + -u, where the -u denotes the īn-stem of nouns, and is thus indeclinable.

Descendants

-th

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