iaith

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ieith, from Proto-Brythonic *jeiθ, from Proto-Celtic *yextis (compare Breton yezh (“language”), Cornish yeth (“language”), Old Irish icht (“tribe, people”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (compare Latin jocus (“joke”), Old High German jehan (“to admit, to confess”), Tocharian A yask (“to demand, to beg”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jai̯θ/

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• Rhymes: -ai̯θ

Noun

iaith f (plural ieithoedd or ieithiau or ieithau or ieithydd)

1. language

Derived terms

• ieithadur
• ieithydd
• llediaith

Mutation

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