noun · countable / uncountable · rare

kith

kith · kiths

подруга, друг, приятель

друг, подруга, приятель

Freund, Freundin, Kumpel

An acquaintance or a friendAn acquaintance or a friend.

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/kɪθ/

» They came with kith and kin.

Sie kamen mit Kind und Kegel.

Meaning

3 senses

(Northern England, Scotland, countable, usually)An acquaintance or a friend.
(countable, uncountable, usually)A person who is not related to a child but has social connections to the child's family, especially when considered as a caregiver or possible caregiver for the child.
(archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Friends and acquaintances.
Freunde und Bekannte
друзья́ и знако́мыеdruzʹjá i znakómyje
your friends and acquaintances

Examples

3 sentences

They came with kith and kin.
deSie kamen mit Kind und Kegel.
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Tom is there with kith and kin.
deTom ist mit Kind und Kegel da.
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I had neither kith nor kin in England.
У мене в Англії не було ані друзів, ані рідні.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

friends and acquaintances:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

friends and acquaintances:

Origin

From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship,

From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

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