alarch

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *alarkos, 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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈalarχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)larχ/

Noun

alarch m (plural elyrch or eleirch or alarchod)

1. swan

Derived terms

• alarch Bewick
• alarch dof
• alarch y gogledd

Mutation

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