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afonfarch

hippopotamus

NounMasculine (gwrywaidd)dict/aˈvɔnvarχ/

"afonfarch" means "hippopotamus" in Welsh (masculine noun). Pronounced /aˈvɔnvarχ/. Mutation forms: Treiglad Llaes → hafonfarch.

Mutation forms

In Welsh, the first letter of "afonfarch" changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formafonfarch
Treiglad Llaeshafonfarch

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