# coath

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəʊθ/

## Definitions
1. Sickness; disease; pestilence.
2. An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
3. A disease affecting sheep or cattle.

## Etymology
From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coath