twrch

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (compare Cornish torgh, Breton tourc’h, Irish torc, Scottish Gaelic torc), from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”) (compare Avestan 𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (θβər^əsa, “piglet”), 𐬚𐬡𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯 (θβar^əs, “to dig, whittle”), Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʊrχ/

Noun

twrch m (plural tyrchod)

barrow, hog

Derived terms

twrch daear (“mole”)
tyrchu (“to burrow, to root”)
tyrchaidd (“pig-like, piggy”)

Related terms

baedd (“boar”)
hwch (“sow”)
moch (“pigs”)
porchell (“piglet”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
twrch	dwrch	nhwrch	thwrch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “twrch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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