afu glas

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “blue liver”, from afu (“liver”) + glas (“blue”).

Noun

afu glas m (plural afuau glas or afuau gleision)

  1. (South Wales) gizzard
    Synonyms: glasog, cragen las

Mutation

Mutated forms of afu glas
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
afu glas unchanged unchanged hafu glas

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “afu glas”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “afu glas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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