firth

See also: Firth and firð

English

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr; cognate with fjord, and more distantly with ford. See also port, an even more distant cognate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɜːɹθ/, /fɜːθ/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

firth (plural firths)

An arm of the sea.
A frith.

Synonyms

frith

Hypernyms

loch, sea loch

Derived terms

Moray Firth
Pentland Firth
Solway Firth

Translations

arm of a sea

Bulgarian: тесен залив m (tesen zaliv)
Finnish: lahti (fi), vuono (fi), estuaari (fi)

Russian: лима́н (ru) m (limán)
Scottish Gaelic: linne f, caol m

Anagrams

Frith, frith

Middle English

Noun

firth

Alternative form of frith

References

“frith (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.

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