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Sense: 1
Origin: Old English -tha
Sense: 2
Origin: Old English -eth, -ath, -th

-th

 suffix
     
-th
1XX forms ordinal numbers, except with 1, 2, or 3:
the 17th of June
a fifth of the total
 ➔ -nd, -rd, -st
2 old use or biblicalXX another form of -eth
he doth (=does)
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