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math
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English math, from Old English m?þ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *m?þ? (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?meh?- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow +? -th. Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”). Related also to Old English m?d (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mæ?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m???/
- Rhymes: -æ?, -???
Noun
math (plural maths)
- A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.
- Hyponyms: aftermath, foremath, lattermath
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Contraction of mathematics.
Alternative forms
- maths (UK, Australia)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
math (countable and uncountable, plural maths)
- (uncountable, Canada, US) Clipping of mathematics.
- (uncountable, Canada, US) Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
- If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math.
- (countable, Canada, US) A math course.
- They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
Hyponyms
- new math
- napkin math
Derived terms
- MathML
Related terms
- check the math
- do the math
Translations
Further reading
- mathematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
math (third-person singular simple present maths, present participle mathing, simple past and past participle mathed)
- (colloquial, informal) to do mathematical calculations
Etymology 3
Contraction of matha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?t/, /m??t/
Noun
math (plural maths)
- (Hinduism, Jainism) Clipping of matha.
Anagrams
- THAM, Tham
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”), cf. Proto-Germanic *berô (“the brown one”), Proto-Slavic *medv?d? (“honey-eater”), Latvian l?cis (“stomper, pounder”). A cognate is apparently attested in the Gaulish personal name Matugenos if this means “born of a bear”, and a possibly related Celtiberian matus of uncertain meaning is also attested.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?/
Noun
math m (genitive matho)
- bear
Inflection
Derived terms
- mathgamain
Mutation
References
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?/, /mah/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic *matis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh?-. Cognate with Welsh mad, Breton mad, Cornish mas. Compare Irish maith, Manx mie.
Adjective
math (genitive singular masculine maith, genitive singular feminine maithe, nominative plural matha, comparative fheàrr)
- good
Declension
Synonyms
- deagh (slightly stronger)
Derived terms
- an ìre mhath (“almost”)
- cho math ri sin (“furthermore”)
- math dha-rìribh (“excellent; genuine”)
- 's math a rinn thu! (“well done!”)
- math fhèin (“excellent”)
Adverb
math
- well
Antonyms
- dona
- olc
- droch
Derived terms
- a cheart cho math
- is math le
Noun
math m (genitive singular maith)
- good
- advantage, profit, use, utility
Derived terms
- math na bà
Etymology 2
From Old Irish maithid (“remits, excuses; pardons, forgives; remits, abates, withholds; gives up (claim to); renounces”), from maith (“good”).
Verb
math (past mhath, future mathaidh, verbal noun mathadh, past participle mathte)
- forgive, excuse, pardon, condone, remit
Alternative forms
- (verb): maith
References
- “math” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh
Etymology
A variation on bath (“kind, sort”). For similar instances of alternation between b and m, see benyw and menyw, beiddio and meiddio, bainc and mainc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma??/
Noun
math m (plural mathau)
- kind, sort, type
- Synonym: siort
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “math”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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lath
English
Alternative forms
- lat, latt (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-Germanic *latt?, *laþþ? (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath (“rod, wand, yard”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
lath (plural laths)
- A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- The rubble waits him, sloping up to broken rear walls in a clogging, an openwork of laths pointlessly chevroning-flooring, furniture, glass, chunks of plaster, long tatters of wallpaper, split and shattered joists […].
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 21:
- Lanna says about wishing she was bigger in the chest and I goes that I had nothing to beat there and I was thin as a lat.
- Synonym: lath strap
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
Holonyms
- lattice
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Verb
lath (third-person singular simple present laths, present participle lathing, simple past and past participle lathed)
- to cover or line with laths
Anagrams
- halt, thal
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