dim o beth

Welsh

Etymology

Literally “nothing of a thing”.

Adjective

dim o beth

1. nipper, kid, small child, pipsqueak

Quotations

• 1995, Gwyn Thomas, editor, Eleri Hopcyn:

  Yr oedd gen i, er yn ddim o beth, ddiddordeb mewn chwedlau am y goruwchnaturiol.

  I had, although a nipper, an interest in tales about the supernatural.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dim o beth	ddim o beth	nim o beth	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.