gafr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gauar, from Proto-Brythonic *gaβr, from Proto-Celtic *gabros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡavr/, [ɡavr], [ˈɡavr̩]
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡavr/, [ˈɡavr̩]
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːvar/, /ˈɡavar/
  • Rhymes: -avr

Noun

gafr f (plural geifr)

  1. goat

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gafr afr ngafr unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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