llaeth

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lactis.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬaːɨ̯θ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬai̯θ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬaːθ/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ
• Homophone: llaith (South Wales)

Noun

llaeth m (plural llaethau)

1. milk

   Synonym: llefrith

2. milk-like substance, latex
3. milt, soft roe

Derived terms

• (rare) asid llaeth (“lactic acid”)
• cynlaeth (“first milk, beestings”)
• chwarren laeth (“mammary gland”)
• gwylaeth (“lettuce”)
• llaeth a chwrw (“palomino”)
• llaeth mwnci (“beer, booze”)
• llaetha (“to milk, to lactate”)
• llaethdy (“dairy”)
• llaethig
• llaethog, llaethol (“milky, lactic”)
• llaethwr (“milker”)
• llaethwyn (“milk-white”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llaeth

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llaeth	laeth	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

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