alarch

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *alarkos, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (compare Irish eala (swan)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (compare Latin olor (swan), Old Swedish ala, alla (long-tailed duck), Hittite [script needed] (alilas)).

Pronunciation

Noun

alarch m (plural elyrch)

  1. swan

Derived terms

  • alarch Bewick
  • alarch dof
  • alarch y gogledd

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
alarch unchanged unchanged halarch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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