deugain
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Welsh[edit]
| < 39 | 40 | 41 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : deugain Ordinal : deugeinfed Decimal : pedwar deg | ||
Etymology[edit]
dau (“two”) + ugain (“twenty”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɡai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɡɛn/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɡai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɡɛn/
Usage notes[edit]
- Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in all parts of Wales.
Numeral[edit]
deugain (ordinal deugeinfed)
- (vigesimal) forty, two score
- Synonym: pedwar deg
Usage notes[edit]
Numerals which employ deugain as their final element, i.e. 41 to 59, use a (“and”) to connect it to the preceding element, e.g. un a deugain (“forty-one”), pedwar ar bymtheg a deugain (“fifty-nine”).
Noun[edit]
deugain m (plural deugeiniau)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| deugain | ddeugain | neugain | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||