tinboeth
Welsh
Etymology
From tin (“arse, buttocks”) + poeth (“hot, spicy”). The plant sense may be a partial calque of English arsesmart.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɪnboɨ̯θ/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtɪnbɔi̯θ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtɪnboːθ/
Adjective
tinboeth (feminine singular tinboeth, plural tinboethion, equative mor dinboeth, comparative mwy tinboeth, superlative mwyaf tinboeth)
- (vulgar) lecherous, lascivious, lustful (of women).
Usage notes
- This word is used of women, with anllad, chwantus or trythyll being more common for men.
Noun
tinboeth f (plural tinboethion or tinboethiaid)
- (with definite article) hydropiper, water pepper, arsesmart (Persicaria hydropiper)
- Synonyms: poethlys y dŵr, pengoch, llysiau'r din
- other smartweed species (Persicaria)
- Synonym: canwraidd
- ragwort (Asteraceae spp., esp. Senecio and Jacobaea spp.)
- Synonym: llysiau'r gengroen
- redstart (Phoenicurus spp.)
- Synonym: tingoch
- bullfinch (Pyrrhula spp.)
- Synonym: coch y berllan
- venereal disease
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tinboeth | dinboeth | nhinboeth | thinboeth |
| 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), “tinboeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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