tair ar bymtheg

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Welsh[edit]

Welsh numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  17 18 19  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal (feminine / vigesimal): tair ar bymtheg, ugain namyn dwy
    Cardinal (decimal): un deg wyth
    Cardinal (vigesimal): deunaw
    Ordinal (masculine / vigesimal): trydydd ar bymtheg
    Ordinal: deunawfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 18fed

Etymology[edit]

From tair (three) +‎ ar (on) +‎ pymtheg (fifteen).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

tair ar bymtheg f

  1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) feminine of tri ar bymtheg
    Synonyms: un deg wyth, deunaw
    • 1872 December 6, “Amgylchiad Gofidus”, in Y Dydd, page 4:
      Gwasanaethai merch ieuanc, tair ar bymtheg oed, o'r enw Elizabeth Rees, gyda Mr. Mitchell, yn Dylogau — fferm ar lan yr afon Ystwyth, Ceredigion.
      A young woman, eighteen* years of age, by the name of Elizabeth Rees, was in service with Mr Mitchell in Dolygau at a farm on the river Ystwyth in Cardiganshire.
      The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard of the same date says that she was 23 years old.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tair ar bymtheg dair ar bymtheg nhair ar bymtheg thair ar bymtheg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.