carthen
See also: Carthen
Welsh
Carthen ar wely
Carthenni Cymreig
Etymology
From carth (“coarse cloth”) + -en.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkarθɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkarθan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarθɛn/
- Rhymes: -arθɛn
Noun
carthen f (plural carthenni or carthennau)
- any sheet, blanket, cloak, etc. made of woven coarse cloth, a Welsh blanket
- by extension a ship’s sail
Derived terms
- carthen blu (“feather blanket”)
- carthenna (“to haul a net of coarse cloth instead of the customary net across a river”)
- carthen nithio (“winnowing sheet”)
- carthennwyl (“sail”)
- carthen odyn (“kiln cloth”)
- carthen rawn (“hair cloth, kiln cloth”)
- gweu'r garthen (“"weaving the blanket" (a card game)”)
- gwynt carthen (“breeze created by shaking a blanket, a preacher’s artificial eloquence”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| carthen | garthen | ngharthen | charthen |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “carthen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies