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Old English · noun

ciþ

Normalised ċīþ

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /t͡ʃiːθ/
Syllables: t͡ʃiːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: chit chism chive germ sprig mote sprout

Meaning

a young shoot of an herb or tree; a chit; sprout; germ; sprig; mote

Declension

Declension of ciþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ċīþ	ċīþas
Accusative	ċīþ	ċīþas
Genitive	ċīþes	ċīþa
Dative	ċīþe	ċīþum

All forms (6)

ċīþ
ċīþas
ċīþes
ċīþa
ċīþe
ċīþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.

Descendants

chism, chit, chive

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