deugeiniau

Welsh

Etymology

deugain (“two score, forty”) +‎ -iau

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /dei̯ˈɡei̯njaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dei̯ˈɡei̯njɛ/, /dei̯ˈɡei̯nja/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /dei̯ˈɡei̯njai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dei̯ˈɡei̯njɛ/, /dɪˈɡei̯njɛ/

Usage notes

• Despite being written as u, the vowel in the first syllable is /i/ in all parts of Wales.

Noun

deugeiniau pl

1. (plural only) forties

Mutation

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