gobaith

Welsh

Etymology

The second element is comparable to affaith (“result, consequence”), itself from Latin affectus (“affection, mood”), while the former is eventually from defectus (“emptiness, absence”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔbaiθ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔbɛθ/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːbaiθ/, /ˈɡɔbaiθ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːbɛθ/, /ˈɡɔbɛθ/

Noun

gobaith m (plural gobeithion)

hope

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gobaith	obaith	ngobaith	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies. (1991). United Kingdom: University of Wales Press, p. 109-110
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “affaith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies. (1991). United Kingdom: University of Wales Press, p. 109-110

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