deusaith
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
dau (“two”) + saith (“seven”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeɨ̯sai̯θ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯sai̯θ/
Numeral[edit]
deusaith m or f (ordinal deuseithfed)
- (obsolete, vigesimal) fourteen
- 1714: unknown author, unknown poem, final four lines
- Un Mil seithgant a scrifennant
A deu saith mlwydd, oed ein Harglwydd
Os bydd holiad pwy wnai’r Caniad,
Rhyw wael Gristion, dyna ddigon.- One thousand seven hundred they wrote
And fourteen years, our Lord’s age
If there be query who made the call,
Some poor Christian, that is all.
- One thousand seven hundred they wrote
- 1958, David James Bowen, Gruffudd Hiraethog a’i Oes, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, page 28:
- Deusaith yn cynnal alaeth,
A Duw â’r pymthegfed aeth . . .- Fourteen holding a lament,
And God with the fifteenth went . . .
- Fourteen holding a lament,
- Synonyms: pedair ar ddeg, pedwar ar ddeg, un deg pedwar
- 1714: unknown author, unknown poem, final four lines
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| deusaith | ddeusaith | neusaith | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||