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Related to Breton karvan (“warp beam; jaw”) and Irish carbad (“chariot”).^[1]

carfan f (plural carfanau or carfannau)

weaver's beam
- 1880 January, John Rhŷs, “Anerchiad Llywyddol y Proffeswr John Rhys i Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Eryri”, in Y Traethodydd‎^[1], volume 35, page 68:
  Mewn parthau o'r wlad defnyddir ef [y gair gwỳdd] am bren neu brenau wedi eu cyfaddasu at amcan neillduol, megys pan elwir carfan gwehydd yn wỳdd
  In parts of the country it [the word wood] is used for wood adapted to a specific purpose, such as when a weaver's beam is called a wood
group, faction
Synonyms: grŵp, plaid
(sports) squad, team
Synonyms: sgwad, tîm

Mutated forms of *carfan*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
carfan	garfan	ngharfan	charfan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

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 # [[weaver]]'s [[beam]]
+#* {{quote-journal|cy|date=January 1880|author=[[w:John Rhŷs|John Rhŷs]]|article=Anerchiad Llywyddol y Proffeswr John Rhys i Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Eryri|work=[[w:Y Traethodydd|Y Traethodydd]]|volume=35|page=68|url=https://cylchgronau.llyfrgell.cymru/view/2889046/2942368/63|passage=Mewn parthau o'r wlad defnyddir ef [y gair ''gwỳdd''] am bren neu brenau wedi eu cyfaddasu at amcan neillduol, megys pan elwir '''carfan''' gwehydd yn ''wỳdd''|t=In parts of the country it [the word ''wood''] is used for wood adapted to a specific purpose, such as when a weaver's '''beam''' is called a ''wood''}}
 # [[group]], [[faction]]
 #: {{syn|cy|grŵp|plaid}}