neath
neath Lexical Profile
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• preposition
Beneath; under; directly below (used chiefly in poetry, songwriting, or regional dialect).
"The weary travelers rested neath the sprawling branches of the ancient oak tree."
• noun
British A town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot in southwestern Wales, situated on the River Neath near Swansea.
British A river in southern Wales that rises in the Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) and flows southwestward into Swansea Bay.
• adverb
In a lower place or position; underneath or below (used chiefly in poetry or regional dialect).
"The ancient ruins lay buried deep neath, untouched by the passing centuries."
Word Nuance & Usage
When used as a preposition or adverb, "neath" is almost exclusively poetic, archaic, or dialectal, and is often written with a leading apostrophe ('neath) to indicate the omission of the first syllable of "beneath."
• Rhymes for neath
Word Origin & Etymology
As a preposition and adverb, the word arose as an aphetic shortening of Middle English "benethe" (beneath), ultimately from Old English "beneoþan." The Welsh town name derives from the River Neath (Welsh: Nedd).