noeth

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *noɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *noxtos. Doublet of gymnasteg (“gymnastics”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

noeth (feminine singular noeth, plural noethion, equative noethed, comparative noethach, superlative noethaf, not mutable)

  1. bare, naked, nude, unclad
  2. bleak

Derived terms
  • bronnoeth (“bare-breasted”)
  • celwydd noeth (“barefaced lie”)
  • craig noeth (“bare rock”)
  • dinoethi (“to expose, to bare”)
  • llygad noeth (“naked eye”)
  • llysywen noeth (“moray eel Muraena helena”)
  • môr-löyn noeth (“naked sea butterfly, Clione limacina”)
  • noeth lymun (“stark naked”)
  • noeth-chwilio (“to strip search”)
  • noethi (“to expose, to bare”)
  • noethlun (“nude (picture)”)
  • noethlwm (“bleak”)
  • noethni (“nakedness”)
  • noethryfelwr (“naked warrior”)
  • pennoeth (“bare-headed”)
  • rhagrith noeth (“complete and utter hypocrisy”)
  • troednoeth (“barefoot”)
  • trwy rym noeth (“by sheer force”)
  • wythfed noeth (“exposed eighth, exposed octave”)
  • porcyn (“stark naked”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
noeth unchanged unchanged unchanged

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