caeth

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Welsh

Etymology 1

From Old Welsh kaeth, kaet, cahet, cayt (“slave”), from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaːɨ̯θ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kai̯θ/
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ

Adjective

caeth (feminine singular caeth, plural caethion, equative caethed, comparative caethach, superlative caethaf)

bound, captive, tied
addicted
strict (poetic metre)

Noun

caeth m (plural caethion)

Derived terms

canu caeth (“strict metre poetry”)
caeth i'r tŷ (“housebound”)
caethiwed (“bondage, enslavement”)
caethiwo (“to enslave”)
caethwas (“slave”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

cafodd

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaːɨ̯θ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaːθ/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kai̯θ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kaːθ/
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ

Verb

caeth

third-person singular preterite of cael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caeth	gaeth	nghaeth	chaeth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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