afon

== Old English == === Etymology === Equivalent to ā- +‎ fōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈfoːn/ === Verb === āfōn to receive, take up to take hold of, seize ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĀFŌN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĀFŌN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aphone. === Adjective === afon m or n (feminine singular afonă, masculine plural afoni, feminine/neuter plural afone) aphonic ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh afon, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon, from Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-h₃ōn-, from *h₂ep- (“body of water”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈavɔn/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)vɔn/ Rhymes: -avɔn === Noun === afon f (plural afonydd) river ==== Derived terms ==== afondaith (“river cruise”) afonfarch (“hippopotamus”) afonig (“stream, brook”) afonol (“fluvial, riverine”) === Mutation === === References === Definition from the BBC