maeth

See also: mæth

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh maeth, from Proto-Brythonic *maɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *maxtos, past participle of *maketi (“to raise”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, to raise”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯θ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mai̯θ/

Noun

maeth m (plural maethau)

1. nourishment, sustenance, nutrition

   Synonyms: lluniaeth, cynhaliaeth, ymborth, bwyd

2. nurture, fostering, (attributive) foster

Derived terms

• anghenion maeth (“nutritional needs”)
• ar faeth (“in fosterage”)
• biocemeg maeth (“nutritional biochemisty”)
• cartref maeth (“foster home”)
• cyfundrefn faeth (“fosterage”)
• datganiad maeth (“nutritional declaration”)
• diffyg maeth (“malnutrition, nutritional deficiency, undernourishment”)
• dwys mewn maeth (“nutrient-dense”)
• elfen maeth (“nutrition component”)
• gofal maeth (“foster care”)
• gofalwr maeth (“foster carer”)
• gofynion maeth (“nutritional requirements”)
• gwybodaeth am faeth (“nutritional information”)
• hanfodion maeth (“nutritional essentials”)
• heb ddigon o faeth (“under-nourished”)
• llawfaeth (“hand-reared”)
• lleoliad maeth (“foster placement”)
• maetheg (“nutrition”)
• maethlon (“nourishing”)
• maethol (“nutritious”)
• maethu (“to nourish; to foster”)
• maethyn (“nutrient”)
• mam faeth (“foster mother”)
• mewnbwn maeth (“nutritional input”)
• paramaethu (“permaculture”)
• plentyn maeth (“foster child”)
• rhiant maeth (“foster parent”)
• statws maeth (“nutritional status”)
• teulu maeth (“foster family”)
• therapi maeth (“nutritional therapy”)

 

Related terms

• magu (“to raise; to breed”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maeth	faeth	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.