dim o beth

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally “nothing of a thing”.

Adjective[edit]

dim o beth

  1. nipper, kid, small child, pipsqueak

Quotations[edit]

  • 1995, Gwyn Thomas, editor, Eleri Hopcyn:
    Yr oedd gen i, er yn ddim o beth, ddiddordeb mewn chwedlau am y goruwchnaturiol.
    I had, although a nipper, an interest in tales about the supernatural.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dim o beth ddim o beth nim o beth unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.