alarch

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *alarx, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (compare Irish eala (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (compare Latin olor (“swan”), English auk, Old Swedish ala, alla (“long-tailed duck”), Hittite [script needed] (alilas)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalarχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)larχ/

Noun

alarch m or f (plural elyrch or eleirch or alarchod)

1. swan

Derived terms

• alarch Bewick (“Bewick swan”)
• alarch dof (“mute swan”)
• alarch y Gogledd (“whooper swan”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alarch

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
alarch	unchanged	unchanged	halarch

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