"peth" meaning in Welsh

See peth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /peːθ/ Forms: pethau [plural], pethach [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], peth [error-unrecognized-form], beth [soft], mheth [error-unrecognized-form], pheth [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -eːθ Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *peθ (compare Cornish pyth, Breton pezh), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid). Cognate with English piece. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*peθ}} Proto-Brythonic *peθ, {{cog|kw|pyth}} Cornish pyth, {{cog|br|pezh}} Breton pezh, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷezdis}} Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis, {{cog|ga|cuid}} Irish cuid, {{cog|en|piece}} English piece Head templates: {{cy-noun|mf|pethau|pl2=pethach}} peth m or f (plural pethau or pethach) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. thing, object Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-yjWSG4Af
  2. material, stuff, substance Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-kaN2shSm
  3. device, instrument Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-3KNCgjM5
  4. (usually in the plural) personal possessions, belongings, tools, equipment Tags: feminine, masculine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-kghUYUKs
  5. something, anything Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-R9dj-zt2
  6. person, creature (often derogatory, but also affectionate) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-F3vG~9ka
  7. affair, matter, business Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-oNAVv-AW
  8. (in the plural) interests, concerns Tags: feminine, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-p3TKmtiq
  9. (in the plural) circumstances, conditions Tags: feminine, in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-ShsgNRgS Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 22 1 8 6 5 32 1 5 15
  10. act, action; event Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-Vr5m0CVM
  11. what is said or thought, statement, opinion, idea Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-~v0QauM8
  12. characteristic, attribute, quality Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-peth-cy-noun-HV7wBvLh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cas beth (english: pet peeve), hen beth (english: antique), hyllbeth (english: eyesore), pa beth, beth? (english: what?), peth da (english: sweet, candy), pethach, petheuach (english: unimportant things, trifles), popeth (english: everything), rhywbeth (english: something), y nesaf peth i ddim (english: next to nothing)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pet peeve",
      "translation": "pet peeve",
      "word": "cas beth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "antique",
      "translation": "antique",
      "word": "hen beth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eyesore",
      "translation": "eyesore",
      "word": "hyllbeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pa beth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "what?",
      "translation": "what?",
      "word": "beth?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sweet, candy",
      "translation": "sweet, candy",
      "word": "peth da"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pethach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "unimportant things, trifles",
      "translation": "unimportant things, trifles",
      "word": "petheuach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "everything",
      "translation": "everything",
      "word": "popeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "something",
      "translation": "something",
      "word": "rhywbeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "next to nothing",
      "translation": "next to nothing",
      "word": "y nesaf peth i ddim"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*peθ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *peθ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "pyth"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish pyth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "pezh"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton pezh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷezdis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cuid"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cuid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "piece"
      },
      "expansion": "English piece",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *peθ (compare Cornish pyth, Breton pezh), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid). Cognate with English piece.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pethau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pethach",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf",
        "2": "pethau",
        "pl2": "pethach"
      },
      "expansion": "peth m or f (plural pethau or pethach)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thing, object"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-yjWSG4Af",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "material, stuff, substance"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-kaN2shSm",
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "stuff",
          "stuff"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "device, instrument"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-3KNCgjM5",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "personal possessions, belongings, tools, equipment"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-kghUYUKs",
      "links": [
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ],
        [
          "belongings",
          "belongings"
        ],
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "equipment",
          "equipment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) personal possessions, belongings, tools, equipment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something, anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-R9dj-zt2",
      "links": [
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "anything",
          "anything"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person, creature (often derogatory, but also affectionate)"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-F3vG~9ka",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "affair, matter, business"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-oNAVv-AW",
      "links": [
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "interests, concerns"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-p3TKmtiq",
      "links": [
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) interests, concerns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 22 1 8 6 5 32 1 5 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "circumstances, conditions"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-ShsgNRgS",
      "links": [
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) circumstances, conditions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "act, action; event"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-Vr5m0CVM",
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "what is said or thought, statement, opinion, idea"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-~v0QauM8",
      "links": [
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "characteristic, attribute, quality"
      ],
      "id": "en-peth-cy-noun-HV7wBvLh",
      "links": [
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/peːθ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peth"
}
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/eːθ",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/eːθ/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pet peeve",
      "translation": "pet peeve",
      "word": "cas beth"
    },
    {
      "english": "antique",
      "translation": "antique",
      "word": "hen beth"
    },
    {
      "english": "eyesore",
      "translation": "eyesore",
      "word": "hyllbeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "pa beth"
    },
    {
      "english": "what?",
      "translation": "what?",
      "word": "beth?"
    },
    {
      "english": "sweet, candy",
      "translation": "sweet, candy",
      "word": "peth da"
    },
    {
      "word": "pethach"
    },
    {
      "english": "unimportant things, trifles",
      "translation": "unimportant things, trifles",
      "word": "petheuach"
    },
    {
      "english": "everything",
      "translation": "everything",
      "word": "popeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "something",
      "translation": "something",
      "word": "rhywbeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "next to nothing",
      "translation": "next to nothing",
      "word": "y nesaf peth i ddim"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*peθ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *peθ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "pyth"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish pyth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "pezh"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton pezh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cuid"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cuid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "piece"
      },
      "expansion": "English piece",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *peθ (compare Cornish pyth, Breton pezh), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Irish cuid). Cognate with English piece.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pethau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pethach",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pheth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf",
        "2": "pethau",
        "pl2": "pethach"
      },
      "expansion": "peth m or f (plural pethau or pethach)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "thing, object"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "material, stuff, substance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "stuff",
          "stuff"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "device, instrument"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "instrument",
          "instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "personal possessions, belongings, tools, equipment"
      ],
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        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ],
        [
          "belongings",
          "belongings"
        ],
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "equipment",
          "equipment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) personal possessions, belongings, tools, equipment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something, anything"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "anything",
          "anything"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person, creature (often derogatory, but also affectionate)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "affair, matter, business"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "interests, concerns"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "concern",
          "concern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) interests, concerns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "circumstances, conditions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) circumstances, conditions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "act, action; event"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "what is said or thought, statement, opinion, idea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "characteristic, attribute, quality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "attribute",
          "attribute"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/peːθ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːθ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peth"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: peth/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "peth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "peth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: peth/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "peth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "peth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: peth/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "peth"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "peth",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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