carreg

Welsh

From Middle Welsh carrec, from Old Welsh carrecc, from Proto-Brythonic *karreg (compare Cornish karrek, Breton karreg), from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) (compare Old Armenian քար (kʿar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard”)).

(North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛɡ/
- (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkaraɡ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkarɛɡ/
Rhymes: -arɛɡ

carreg f (plural cerrig)

carreg (feminine singular carreg, plural cerrig, not comparable)

stone, made of stone
Dw i'n byw mewn tŷ carreg.
I live in a stone house.

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
carreg	garreg	ngharreg	charreg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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