carchar

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh carchar, from Proto-Brythonic *karxar, from Latin carcer. Compare Cornish karghar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarχar/

Noun

carchar m (plural carcharau)

  1. prison, jail

Derived terms

  • carchardy (“prison house, gaol”)
  • carchariad (“imprisonment”)
  • carcharor (“prisoner”)
  • carcharu (“to imprison, to incarcerate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of carchar
radical soft nasal aspirate
carchar garchar ngharchar charchar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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