lith

C2+ Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /lɪθ/ UK /lɪθ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like liss /θ/ vs /s/ Sounds like lit /θ/ vs /t/

Meanings

1

noun
a stone or rock; a limb or joint (archaic)

The ancient lith stood weathered in the moorland field.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a stone or rock; a limb or... stone rock joint limb

Word family

Related forms lithic monolithmegalith

Etymology

In the 'limb, joint' sense, from Old English liþ ('limb, joint, member'), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. As a combining form meaning 'stone' it derives separately from Ancient Greek líthos ('stone').

liþ Old English *liþuz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Nature & Landscape Register & Style

External links

# lith

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /lɪθ/
**IPA (UK):** /lɪθ/

## Meanings
1. a stone or rock; a limb or joint (archaic)

## Examples
- The ancient lith stood weathered in the moorland field.

## Synonyms
- stone
- rock
- joint
- limb

## Related Forms
- lithic
- monolith
- megalith

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: liþ
- Root: *liþuz

## Etymology
In the 'limb, joint' sense, from Old English liþ ('limb, joint, member'), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. As a combining form meaning 'stone' it derives separately from Ancient Greek líthos ('stone').

## AI Etymology
Lith is in the 'limb, joint' sense, from Old English liþ ('limb, joint, member'), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. As a combining form meaning 'stone' it derives separately from Ancient Greek líthos ('stone'). The etymological trail includes Old English liþ, Proto-Germanic *liþuz. The same word family includes lithic, monolith, megalith. Its current noun use means "a stone or rock; a limb or joint (archaic)".

## Topics
- Nature & Landscape
- Register & Style

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