carthen

See also: Carthen

Welsh

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”)
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

Mutated forms of *carthen*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
carthen	garthen	ngharthen	charthen

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

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