amlaethai

== Welsh == === Etymology === From am- (“intensive prefix”) +‎ llaeth (“milk”) +‎ -ai (“noun suffix”). Possibly a calque of the genus name, which means "[giving] much milk", because the plant was once believed to induce milk production in dairy cows. === Noun === amlaethai m (plural amlaetheion) milkwort (any of several species in the genus Polygala), especially: Synonym: llaethlys common milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) Synonym: amlaethai cyffredin heath milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia) Synonym: amlaethai'r waun ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 44‎[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “amlaethai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies