mothe

English

Etymology

Back-formation from mother.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fä'th, IPA^(key): /ˈmʌð/
• Rhymes: -ʌð

Verb

mothe (third-person singular simple present mothes, present participle mothing, simple past and past participle mothed)

1. (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
2. (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.

Old Prussian

Noun

mothe

1. Alternative form of mūti
   • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary

     Muter   Mothe

Yola

Alternative forms

• mot

Etymology

From Middle English mot, from Old English mot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːt/
• Homophone: mought

Noun

mothe (plural mothès)

1. mote, particle, single straw or part of one.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57