firth
firth · firths
лиман
An arm or inlet of the seaAn arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
UK/fɜːθ/US/fɝθ/
Значение
значений: 1An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
лима́нlimán
Ещё определения
- a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
- English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
Переводы
языков: 2Русский
По значениям 1
arm or inlet of the sea:
Происхождение
Borrowed from Scots firth, furth, from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or bothBorrowed from Scots firth, furth, from Northern Middle English fyrth, from either or both of Old English ford and Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). The English word is a doublet of fjord, ford, port, and fjard.
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Формы
мн. число: firthsСинонимы
синонимов: 2Близкие по смыслу
- English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960):J. R. FirthJohn Rupert Firth