caeth
Welsh
Etymology 1
From Old Welsh kaeth, kaet, cahet, cayt (“slave”), from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kaːɨ̯θ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kai̯θ/
- Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ
Adjective
caeth (feminine singular caeth, plural caethion, equative caethed, comparative caethach, superlative caethaf)
- bound, captive, tied
- addicted
- strict (poetic metre)
Noun
caeth m (plural caethion)
- slave
- captive
- bondsman, villein
Derived terms
- canu caeth (“strict metre poetry”)
- caeth i'r tŷ (“housebound”)
- caethiwed (“bondage, enslavement”)
- caethiwo (“to enslave”)
- caethwas (“slave”)
Alternative forms
- cafodd
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kaːɨ̯θ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /kaːθ/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /kai̯θ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /kaːθ/
- Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ
Verb
caeth
- third-person singular preterite of cael
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
caeth | gaeth | nghaeth | chaeth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies