ugain
WelshEdit
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[a], [b] ← 10 | [a], [b], [c] ← 19 | 20 | 21 → [a], [b] | 30 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal (vigesimal): ugain Cardinal (decimal): dau ddeg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) dau ddeng Ordinal: ugeinfed Ordinal abbreviation: 20fed | ||||
Welsh Wikipedia article on 20 |
EtymologyEdit
From Old Welsh uceint, from Proto-Brythonic *ʉgėnt, from Proto-Celtic *wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).
Compare Latin vīgintī; also Cornish ugens, Breton ugent, Old Irish fiche.
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɪɡai̯n/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɪɡjan/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡai̯n/, /ˈɪɡai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡɛn/, /ˈɪɡɛn/
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Usage notesEdit
- Despite being written as u, the initial vowel here is /ɪ/ in north Wales.
NumeralEdit
ugain
- (cardinal number, vigesimal) twenty
- Synonym: dau ddeg
Usage notesEdit
Numerals which employ ugain as their final element, i.e. 21 to 39, use ar (“on”) to connect it to the preceding element, which causes an aspirate mutation, e.g. un ar hugain (“twenty-one”), pedwar ar bymtheg ar hugain (“thirty-nine”). Elsewhere in the language, ar causes a soft rather than aspirate mutation.
NounEdit
ugain m (plural ugeiniau)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
ugain | unchanged | unchanged | hugain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |