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See also: Carthen
Welsh
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Gwely_carthen_Gymreig.jpg/170px-Gwely_carthen_Gymreig.jpg)
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Etymology
[edit]From carth (“coarse cloth”) + -en.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkarθɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkarθan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarθɛn/
- Rhymes: -arθɛn
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- carthen blu (“feather blanket”)
- carthen nithio (“winnowing sheet”)
- carthen odyn (“kiln cloth”)
- carthen rawn (“hair cloth, kiln cloth”)
- carthenna (“to haul a net of coarse cloth instead of the customary net across a river”)
- carthennwyl (“sail”)
- gweu'r garthen (“"weaving the blanket" (a card game)”)
- gwynt carthen (“breeze created by shaking a blanket, a preacher’s artificial eloquence”)
Mutation
[edit]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
[edit]- 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