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arch.

chest, coffer

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/arχ/

  1. chest, coffer

    feminine · obsolete

  2. coffin (a box for the dead)

    feminine

  3. ark (a large boat with a flat bottom)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh arch, from Proto-Brythonic *arx, from Latin arca.

noun/arχ/

  1. request, command

    feminine
Where this word comes from

A back-formation from erchi (“to seek, ask for”).

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