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What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”? The addition of -th -eth relates to numbers 4 to 20 (and similarly,) and is a suffix to the cardinal number However, as in the second and third examples, the rd st simply come from the right-end of the word for the ordinal number:
etymology - What is the origin of the -th suffix? What is the . . . 2 th as suffix changes the verb or adjective to a noun - no dispute there What does making it a noun add to the meaning? It often seems to mean a state of: eg Strength - a state of strong Health as a state of healing, Width as a state of wide, etc
What is the phonological error pronouncing θ as s called? Technically, there are two ways of pronouncing -th correctly The voiced dental fricative ð as in this and mother, and the voiceless dental fricative θ as in thing and thin
Is there any rule for differentiating between the endings th and ht? The secondary issue is that of spelling, as you find th and ht confusing This is a matter of mis-parsing some common English digraphs When attempting to read those words, you shouldn't take h and t together, but rather g and h together, as the digraph gh is pretty common in English, and is usually silent when it's not at the beginning of a word