aeth

== Middle Welsh == === Alternative forms === eithyt === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.eθ/, /aɨ̯θ/ === Verb === aeth third-person singular preterite of mynet == Welsh == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *anxtu, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”). Cognate with Irish éacht, Irish euchd. ==== Pronunciation ==== (North Wales) IPA(key): /aːɨ̯θ/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ai̯θ/ Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ ==== Noun ==== aeth m (plural aethau) (obsolete) pain Synonym: poen (obsolete) woe grief, sadness Synonyms: galar, gofid, tristwch (obsolete) fear, shock Synonyms: braw, dychryn, ofn ===== Derived terms ===== aethus (“grievous, painful”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /aːɨ̯θ/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /aːθ/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ai̯θ/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /aːθ/ Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ ==== Verb ==== aeth third-person singular preterite of mynd === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “aeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies