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)

1. any sheet, blanket, cloak, etc. made of woven coarse cloth, a Welsh blanket
2. 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

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