eorþeの英語

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō.

発音

• IPA: /ˈe͜or.θe/, [ˈe͜orˠ.ðe]

名詞

eorþe f

1. ground
2. dirt
3. the planet Earth
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexameron:

     Sēo eorðe ne liġþ on nānum þinge, ac hēo stent on lofte.

     The Earth isn't on top of anything: it floats in the air.

使用する際の注意点

• The meaning "ground, dirt" rarely uses the definite article. The meaning "the Earth" uses the definite article most of the time, though there are a fair number of exceptions; in this it is like sunne (“sun”), mōna (“moon”), and heofon (“sky”).

語形変化

Weak feminine (n-stem):

同意語

• folde
• hruse

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: erthe, eerthe, eorthe, eorþe, ereth, erth, erþ, erþe, irthe, yrþe, orþe, ȝorthe, horþe, horðe, urþe, urthe, hurde, erde, earþe, erðe, eorðe, eorth, herðe (Early Middle English), oerþe, oerþ (Herebert)
  • English: earth; Earth
  • Middle Scots: erd, erde, ȝerd, ȝeird (influenced by erd)
    • Scots: yird; Yird
  • Yola: erth, eart, eard, eorth, eord