"beth" meaning in Welsh

See beth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /beːθ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], peth [mutation, mutation-radical], beth [mutation, mutation-soft], mheth [mutation, mutation-nasal], pheth [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
Etymology: See peth (“thing”). Etymology templates: {{m|cy|peth||thing}} peth (“thing”) Head templates: {{head|cy|mutated noun}} beth Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|peth}}
  1. Soft mutation of peth. Tags: form-of, mutation-soft Form of: peth
    Sense id: en-beth-cy-noun-ah6pxxQn Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /beːθ/ [colloquial, standard], /beː/ [colloquial], /bɛ/ [colloquial]
Rhymes: -eːθ, -eː Etymology: Originally pa beth (“which thing”) with the soft mutation of peth (“thing”) after pa (“which”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Etymology templates: {{m|cy|pa beth||which thing}} pa beth (“which thing”), {{m|cy|peth||thing}} peth (“thing”), {{m|cy|pa||which}} pa (“which”), {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷezdis}} Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis Head templates: {{head|cy|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}} beth
  1. what? Synonyms: be’ [colloquial], pa beth [literary] Derived forms: beth bynnag (english: whatever; anyway), ta beth (english: whatever; anyway) Related terms: dim, dim byd (english: nothing), pob dim, popeth (english: everything), rhywbeth (english: something), unrhyw beth (english: anything)
    Sense id: en-beth-cy-pron-LMmlmuFO Categories (other): Welsh interrogative pronouns, Welsh pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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      "ipa": "/bɛ/",
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      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
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      "english": "everything",
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