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

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.