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ateb.

answer, response, reply

4 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈatɛb/colloquial, standard/ˈatab/North-Wales, colloquial
  1. answer, response, reply

    masculine
  2. solution, panacea

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh attep, from Proto-Brythonic *adheb, from Proto-Celtic *atiskʷom (compare Old Irish aithesc), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (“to say”). By surface analysis, ad- + heb.

verb/ˈatɛb/colloquial, standard/ˈatab/North-Wales, colloquial
  1. to answer, respond, reply

    ambitransitive
  2. to correspond, to suit

    transitive
    ateb pwrpas
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh attep, from Proto-Brythonic *adheb, from Proto-Celtic *atiskʷom (compare Old Irish aithesc), from *ati- + *sekʷeti (“to say”). By surface analysis, ad- + heb.

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