paith

Welsh

Etymology

According to the GPC, a corruption from earlier diffaith (“derelict, desolate”), itself a borrowing from Latin defectus (“emptiness, absence”). The evolution of the initial consonant remains unclear; perhaps from f to p through an intermediary b. Compare the second element of gobaith (“trust, hope”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pai̯θ/

Noun

paith m (plural peithiau)

  1. desert, wilderness
  2. pampas, plain
    Synonyms: peithdir, gwastatir

Derived terms

  • brân-paith Stresemann (“Stresemann's bush crow”)
  • bras paith (“savannah sparrow”)
  • bresych y paith (“steppe cabbage”)
  • cigydd Mawr y paith (“steppe grey shrike”)
  • coeg-hocys y paith (“prairie mallow”)
  • cordwellt y paith (“prairie cordgrass”)
  • cwtiad paith (“prairie plover”)
  • grugiar paith (“mountain chicken”)
  • gwatwarwr y paith (“Patagonian mockingbird”)
  • hebog paith (“prairie falcon”)
  • peithwellt (“pampas grass”)
  • rhedwr bach y paith (“band-tailed earthcreeper”)
  • rhosyn y paith (“prairie rose”)
  • telor y paith (“prairire warbler”)
  • (Patagonia) ysgyfarnog y paith (“Patagonian mara”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of paith
radical soft nasal aspirate
paith baith mhaith phaith

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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