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Old English · noun

bæþhus

Normalised bæþhūs

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈbæθˌxuːs/
[ˈbæθˌhuːs]
Syllables
ˈbæθ · ˌxuːs (2 syllables)
Modern English
bathhouse

Meaning

  1. bathhouse

Declension

Declension of bæþhus
SingularPlural
Nominative bæþhūsbæþhūs
Accusative bæþhūsbæþhūs
Genitive bæþhūsesbæþhūsa
Dative bæþhūsebæþhūsum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baþahūs, from Proto-Germanic *baþahūsą. Equivalent to bæþ (“bath”) + hūs (“house”).

Descendants

bathhouse

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