sooth

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic, uncountable) Truth.
2. (obsolete, uncountable) Augury; prognostication.
3. (obsolete, uncountable) Blandishment; cajolery.
4. (obsolete, uncountable) Reality; fact.

Adj

1. (archaic) True.
2. (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

Adv

In truth; indeed.

Verb

Obsolete form of soothe.

Synonyms

verity

truth

reality

fact

score

soften

troth

true

trueness

veritableness

stop

🛑

true statement

console

emollient

Translations

αλήθεια

flatter

wahrlich

calmare

verdad

doğru

doğruluk

gerçek

waarheid

hakikat

yatıştırıcı

حقِيقة

veritat

apaiser

Pronounced as (IPA)

/suːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sooth

Inherited from Old English: sōþ

Cognate with Old Saxon: sōþ

Cognate with Old High German: sand

Cognate with Old Norse: sannr

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰

Cognate with Old English: synn

In summary

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).
Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.