deugain
Welsh
edit400 | ||||
[a], [b], [c] ← 30 | [a], [b], [c] ← 39 | 40 | 41 → [a], [b] | 50 → [a], [b], [c] |
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4[a], [b] | ||||
Cardinal (vigesimal): deugain Cardinal (decimal): pedwar deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) pedwar deng Ordinal: deugeinfed Ordinal abbreviation: 40fed |
Etymology
editdeu- (“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
editdeugain
- (cardinal number, 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
editdeugain m (plural deugeiniau)
1888, J. A. Morris, Y pulpud bedyddiedig in nghymru, sef deugain o bregethau gan wahanol weinidogion y bedyddwyr [The baptized pulpit in Wales, forty sermons by various Baptist ministers], Abserystwyth: J. Gibson.: