blith

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bliθ, a conflation of a noun Proto-Celtic *mlixtus and an adjective *mlixtis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (compare English milk, Latin mulgeō (“to milk”)). Cognate with Irish bleacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bliːθ/

Adjective

blith (feminine singular blith, plural blithion, not comparable)

1. milch, lactating (of cow, etc.), full of milk
2. in calf (of cow), in lamb (of sheep), pregnant
3. fruitful, productive, nourishing

Noun

blith m (plural blithion)

1. milk, dairy produce
2. lactation
3. dairying
4. milch cow or other lactating animal
5. (figuratively) profit, gain, advantage

Related terms

• armel (“second milk”)
• melfoch (“suckling pigs”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blith	flith	mlith	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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