garth

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θ Homophone: Garth === Noun === garth (plural garths) A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England (Germanic paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry. (Germanic paganism) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry. A dam or weir for catching fish. ==== Related terms ==== == Albanian == === Etymology === Possibly from gardh. === Noun === garth village ==== Synonyms ==== fshat katun ==== Derived terms ==== garth i bëshëm (“city”) === References === == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *gorθ, from Proto-Celtic *gortos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos (whence Latin hortus, English yard, etc.). Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic gort, Manx gart, and Welsh garth. === Noun === garth m (plural garthow) courtyard, enclosure, yard Synonym: lann (agriculture) small enclosure Synonyms: lann vyghan, kew (street names) court ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos; cognate with Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ) and a doublet of yerd. ==== Alternative forms ==== grath, garthe, gard, garde, gerth ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡarθ/ ==== Noun ==== garth (plural garthis) A garth (yard, croft, garden) (rare) Fencing; a barrier or boundary. ===== Descendants ===== English: garth Scots: garthe (obsolete) ==== References ==== “garth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== garth alternative form of gerth == Welsh == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Celtic *gortos (cognate with Irish gort), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórts < *gʰórdʰs < *ǵʰórtos (“enclosure, yard”) (cognate with Latin hortus, Old English ġeard). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡarθ/ Rhymes: -arθ === Noun === garth m (plural garthau) promontory Synonyms: pentir, penrhyn enclosure, fold, pen Synonyms: amgae, ffald, lloc === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “garth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies