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

Noun

alarch m (plural elyrch or eleirch or alarchod)

  1. swan

Derived terms

  • alarch Bewick
  • alarch dof
  • alarch y gogledd

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.

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