amaeth

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh amaeth, from Proto-Brythonic *ammaɨθ (“labourer”), from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos (“servant”).

Noun

amaeth m (plural amaethiaid or amaethion or amaethod or emaith or emyth)

1. (obsolete) ploughman, tiller, husbandman

   Synonyms: aradrwr, arddwr, hwsmon, amaethwr, amaethydd 

2. (obsolete, uncountable) tillage, ploughing

   Synonym: arddwriaeth

   1. (obsolete) agriculture

      Synonym: amaethyddiaeth

Related terms

• amaethu (“to cultivate”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amaeth	unchanged	unchanged	hamaeth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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