pymtheg

Welsh

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Cardinal (vigesimal): pymtheg     Cardinal (decimal): un deg pump     Ordinal: pymthegfed     Ordinal abbreviation: 15fed
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Etymology

Proto-Brythonic *pɨmθeg, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenxtekam < *kʷenkʷe dekam. Equivalent to pump (“five”) +‎ deg (“ten”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpəmθɛɡ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈpəmθaɡ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpəmθɛɡ/

Numeral

pymtheg

1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) fifteen

   Synonym: un deg pump

Derived terms

• pymtheg yn y dwsin (“nineteen to the dozen”, literally “fifteen in the dozen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pymtheg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pymtheg	bymtheg	mhymtheg	phymtheg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.