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.