maeth

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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)

nourishment, sustenance, nutrition
Synonyms: lluniaeth, cynhaliaeth, ymborth, bwyd
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

Mutated forms of *maeth*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
maeth	faeth	unchanged	unchanged

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

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