llaeth

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lactis.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬaːɨ̯θ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬai̯θ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬaːθ/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ
• Homophone: llaith (South Wales)

Noun

llaeth m (plural llaethau)

1. milk

   Synonym: llefrith

2. milk-like substance, latex
3. milt, soft roe

Derived terms

• cynlaeth (“first milk, beestings”)
• chwarren laeth (“mammary gland”)
• gwylaeth (“lettuce”)
• llaeth a chwrw (“palomino”)
• llaeth mwnci (“beer, booze”)
• llaetha (“to milk, to lactate”)
• llaethdy (“dairy”)
• llaethig
• llaethog (“milky, lactic”)
• llaethol
• llaethwr (“milker”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llaeth	laeth	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llaeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies