noeth
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *noɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *noxtos. Doublet of gymnasteg (“gymnastics”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /noːɨ̯θ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /nɔi̯θ/
Adjective edit
noeth (feminine singular noeth, plural noethion, equative noethed, comparative noethach, superlative noethaf, not mutable)
Derived terms edit
- bronnoeth (“bare-breasted”)
- celwydd noeth (“barefaced lie”)
- craig noeth (“bare rock”)
- dinoethi (“to expose, to bare”)
- llygad noeth (“naked eye”)
- llysywen noeth (“moray eel Muraena helena”)
- môr-löyn noeth (“naked sea butterfly, Clione limacina”)
- noeth lymun (“stark naked”)
- noeth-chwilio (“to strip search”)
- noethi (“to expose, to bare”)
- noethlun (“nude (picture)”)
- noethlwm (“bleak”)
- noethni (“nakedness”)
- noethryfelwr (“naked warrior”)
- pennoeth (“bare-headed”)
- rhagrith noeth (“complete and utter hypocrisy”)
- troednoeth (“barefoot”)
- trwy rym noeth (“by sheer force”)
- wythfed noeth (“exposed eighth, exposed octave”)
Related terms edit
- porcyn (“stark naked”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| noeth | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “noeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies