Perth

English

Etymology

From a Pictish term meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːθ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɝθ/
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Proper noun

Perth

  1. A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire.
  2. The state capital of Western Australia.
  3. A town, the county seat of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A town in Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A river in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, a tributary of the Whataroa.
  6. A locale in the United States.
    1. A town in New York.
    2. A city in North Dakota.
    3. An unincorporated community in Delaware.
    4. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
    5. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
    6. An unincorporated community in Minnesota.
  7. A Scottish earldom.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From English Perth.

Proper noun

Perth

  1. Perth (any place called Perth in English)

Declension

in Perth = Perthissä (inessive)

Inflection of Perth (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Perth —
genitive Perthin —
partitive Perthiä —
illative Perthiin —
singular plural
nominative Perth —
accusative nom. Perth —
gen. Perthin
genitive Perthin —
partitive Perthiä —
inessive Perthissä —
elative Perthistä —
illative Perthiin —
adessive Perthillä —
ablative Perthiltä —
allative Perthille —
essive Perthinä —
translative Perthiksi —
instructive — —
abessive Perthittä —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Perth (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Perthini —
accusative nom. Perthini —
gen. Perthini
genitive Perthini —
partitive Perthiäni —
inessive Perthissäni —
elative Perthistäni —
illative Perthiini —
adessive Perthilläni —
ablative Perthiltäni —
allative Perthilleni —
essive Perthinäni —
translative Perthikseni —
instructive — —
abessive Perthittäni —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Perthisi —
accusative nom. Perthisi —
gen. Perthisi
genitive Perthisi —
partitive Perthiäsi —
inessive Perthissäsi —
elative Perthistäsi —
illative Perthiisi —
adessive Perthilläsi —
ablative Perthiltäsi —
allative Perthillesi —
essive Perthinäsi —
translative Perthiksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Perthittäsi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perthimme —
accusative nom. Perthimme —
gen. Perthimme
genitive Perthimme —
partitive Perthiämme —
inessive Perthissämme —
elative Perthistämme —
illative Perthiimme —
adessive Perthillämme —
ablative Perthiltämme —
allative Perthillemme —
essive Perthinämme —
translative Perthiksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Perthittämme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Perthinne —
accusative nom. Perthinne —
gen. Perthinne
genitive Perthinne —
partitive Perthiänne —
inessive Perthissänne —
elative Perthistänne —
illative Perthiinne —
adessive Perthillänne —
ablative Perthiltänne —
allative Perthillenne —
essive Perthinänne —
translative Perthiksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Perthittänne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Perthinsä —
accusative nom. Perthinsä —
gen. Perthinsä
genitive Perthinsä —
partitive Perthiään
Perthiänsä
—
inessive Perthissään
Perthissänsä
—
elative Perthistään
Perthistänsä
—
illative Perthiinsä —
adessive Perthillään
Perthillänsä
—
ablative Perthiltään
Perthiltänsä
—
allative Perthilleen
Perthillensä
—
essive Perthinään
Perthinänsä
—
translative Perthikseen
Perthiksensä
—
instructive — —
abessive Perthittään
Perthittänsä
—
comitative — —

French

Proper noun

Perth ?

  1. Perth (in Australia)
  2. Perth (in Scotland)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Perth f

  1. Perth (a city in Western Australia, Australia)
  2. Perth (a city in Scotland)

Spanish

Proper noun

Perth f

  1. Perth
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