barth
English edit
Etymology edit
Etymology unknown.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barth (plural barths)
- (UK, obsolete, dialect) A place of shelter for cattle.
- 1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie:
- In tempest […] Warme barth, vnder hedge, is a sucker to beast.
References edit
- “barth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Noun edit
barth
- Soft mutation of parth.
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| parth | barth | mharth | pharth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||