carreg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh carrec, from Old Welsh carrecc, from Proto-Brythonic *karreg (compare Cornish karrek, Breton karreg), from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (compare Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛɡ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkaraɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛɡ/
• Rhymes: -arɛɡ

Noun

carreg f (plural cerrig)

1. stone

Derived terms

• caregaidd (“stony, like stone”, adjective)
• caregog (“stony, full of stone”, adjective)
• caregu (“petrify”, verb)
• carreg fedd (“gravestone”)
• carreg galch (“limestone”)
• cerigos (“shingle, pebbles”)

 

Adjective

carreg (feminine singular carreg, plural cerrig, not comparable)

1. stone, made of stone

   Dw i'n byw mewn tŷ carreg.

   I live in a stone house.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
carreg	garreg	ngharreg	charreg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.