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cawr

giant

NounMasculine (gwrywaidd)C2/kau̯r/

"cawr" means "giant" in Welsh (masculine noun). Pronounced /kau̯r/. Mutation forms: Treiglad Meddal → gawr, Treiglad Trwynol → nghawr, Treiglad Llaes → chawr.

Mutation forms

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

MutationForm
Base formcawr
Treiglad Meddalgawr
Treiglad Trwynolnghawr
Treiglad Llaeschawr

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