amlaethai

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From am- (“intensive prefix”) +‎ llaeth (“milk”) +‎ -ai (“noun suffix”). Possibly a calque of the genus name, which means "[giving] much milk", because the plant was once believed to induce milk production in dairy cows.

Noun edit

amlaethai m (plural amlaetheion)

milkwort (any of several species in the genus Polygala)
Synonym: llaethlys

References edit

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