noeth

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *noɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *noxtos. Doublet of gymnasteg (“gymnastics”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /noːɨ̯θ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /nɔi̯θ/

Adjective

noeth (feminine singular noeth, plural noethion, equative noethed, comparative noethach, superlative noethaf, not mutable)

1. bare, naked, nude, unclad
2. bleak

Derived terms

• 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

• porcyn (“stark naked”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
noeth	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

References

• 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