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caeth

Pronunciation: /kaːɨ̯θ/

“caeth” is a Welsh word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. bound, captive, tied
  2. addicted
  3. strict (poetic metre)

noun

  1. slave
  2. captive
  3. bondsman, villein

Etymology

From Old Welsh kaeth, kaet, cahet, cayt (“slave”), from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós.

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