carchar

Welsh

Etymology

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

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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
carchar garchar ngharchar charchar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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