deugeinfed

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		400
←  30	[a], [b] ←  39	40	41  →	50  →
		4[a], [b]
Cardinal (decimal): pedwar deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) pedwar deng     Cardinal (vigesimal): deugain     Ordinal: deugeinfed     Ordinal abbreviation: 40fed

Alternative forms

• 40fed (abbreviation)

Etymology

From deugain (“forty”) +‎ -fed (“-th”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯ˈɡei̯nvɛd/

Usage notes

• Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in all parts of Wales.

Adjective

deugeinfed (feminine singular deugeinfed, plural deugeinfed, not comparable)

1. (ordinal number) fortieth
   • 2004, Cyngerdd deugeinfed pen-blwydd Côr Meibion Aberystwyth: Nos Sadwrn 23 Tachwedd [Aberystwyth Male Voice Choir's fortieth anniversary concert: Saturday 23 November]:

     (The choir was founded in 1962.)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deugeinfed	ddeugeinfed	neugeinfed	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.