pedwar ugain

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		800
[a], [b], [c] ←  70	[a], [b], [c] ←  79	80	81  → [a], [b]	90  → [a], [b], [c]
		8
Cardinal (vigesimal): pedwar ugain     Cardinal (decimal): wyth deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) wyth deng     Ordinal: pedwar ugeinfed     Ordinal abbreviation: 80fed

Etymology

pedwar (“four”) +‎ ugain (“twenty”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛdwar ˈɪɡai̯n/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛdwar ˈiːɡai̯n/, /ˌpɛdwar ˈɪɡai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛdwar ˈiːɡɛn/, /ˌpɛdwar ˈɪɡɛn/

Numeral

pedwar ugain

1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) eighty, four score

   Synonym: wyth deg

Usage notes

• Numerals which employ pedwar ugain as their final element, i.e. 81 to 99, use a (“and”) to connect it to the preceding element, which causes an aspirate mutation, e.g. un a phedwar ugain (“eighty-one”), pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain (“ninety-nine”).

Noun

pedwar ugain m (plural pedwar ugeiniau)

1. eighty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pedwar ugain	bedwar ugain	mhedwar ugain	phedwar ugain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.