noun · uncountable · rare

sooth

TruthTruth.

/suːθ/

» "Thou speakest sooth." "Why are you talking like that, Tom?"

„Wahrheit klinget von deinem Munde.“ – „Warum redest du so, Tom?“

Meaning

4 senses

(archaic, uncountable)Truth.
Wahrheit
и́стинаístina, пра́вдаprávda
truth or reality
(obsolete, uncountable)Augury; prognostication.
(obsolete, uncountable)Blandishment; cajolery.
(obsolete, uncountable)Reality; fact.

Examples

1 sentences

"Thou speakest sooth." "Why are you talking like that, Tom?"
de„Wahrheit klinget von deinem Munde.“ – „Warum redest du so, Tom?“
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Origin

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

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Word family

12 related words

Derivedforsooth in sooth insooth soothfast soothful soothless soothly soothsaw soothsay soothsayer soothsaying soothy

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable