firth
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лиман
An arm or inlet of the seaAn arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
UK/fɜːθ/US/fɝθ/
Значення
значень: 1An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
лима́нlimán
Ще визначення
- 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)
Переклади
мов: 2Русский
За значеннями 1
arm or inlet of the sea:
Походження
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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Форми
множина: firthsСиноніми
синонімів: 2Близькі за значенням
- 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