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 emeith or emyth)

1. (obsolete) ploughman, tiller, husbandman

   Synonyms: aradrwr, arddwr, hwsmon, amaethwr, amaethydd 

2. (obsolete, uncountable) tillage, ploughing

   Synonym: arddwriaeth

3. (uncountable) agriculture, husbandry

   Synonym: amaethyddiaeth

Derived terms

• amaethol (“agrarian”)
• amaethu (“to cultivate”)

Compounds

• amaethdy (“farmhouse”)
• amaeth-fusnes (“agribusiness”)
• amaethgoedwigaeth (“agroforestry”)
• dyframaeth (“aquaculture”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amaeth

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amaeth	unchanged	unchanged	hamaeth

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “amaeth”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• 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