/fɜːθ/, /fɝθ/
OriginBorrowed 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.
- An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
“The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firt”
“They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.”
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableA town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
- countable, uncountableA village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
- countable, uncountableA parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
- countable, uncountableA small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
- countable, uncountableA hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).
Formsfirths(plural) · frith(alternative) · Firths(plural)