un ar bymtheg
Welsh
edit[a], [b] ← 15 | 16 | 17 → [a], [b], [c] |
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Cardinal (vigesimal): un ar bymtheg Cardinal (decimal): un deg chwech Ordinal (vigesimal): (non-standard) unarbymthegfed Ordinal: unfed ar bymtheg Ordinal abbreviation: 16eg | ||
Welsh Wikipedia article on 16 |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom un (“one”) + ar (“on”) + pymtheg (“fifteen”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌɨːn ar ˈbəmθɛɡ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌɨːn ar ˈbəmθaɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌiːn ar ˈbəmθɛɡ/
Numeral
edit- (cardinal number, vigesimal) sixteen
- Synonym: un deg chwech
- 1854, Y dysgedydd, page 40:
- Y mae enciliad yn arswydas. Yr wyf yn meddwl, pa fodd bynag, y bydd raid i Arglwydd Wellington ei atal. Nid ydym eto ond wedi profi pump o unarbymtheg sydd ar brawf. Y maent oll wedi eu collfarnu i farw, ac wedi eu saethu.
- A retreat is a horror. I think, however, that it will have to be stopped by Lord Wellington. We have yet to prove it five of the sixteen are on trial. They have all been condemned to death by shooting.
- 1890 August 9, “Baner ac Amserau Cymru”, in Baner ac Amserau Cymru, page 8:
- 3. Codiad o un ran o un-ar-bymtheng ceiniog y dynell am lenwi llongau â ɡlô, ac fod y rhai a weithiant y dydd i dderbyn 5s. y dydd, a'r rhai a weithiant y nos 7s. y nos.
- 3. An increase of one part of fifteen pence a ton for filling ships with coal, and that those who work by the day to receive 5s. a day, and those who work by the night 7s. a night.
- 1913 August 15, “Ar draws ac ar Hyd Gwlad y Ser a'r Brithresi”, in Seren Cymru, page 13:
- Synwn braidd na allai y beirniad galluog o ddinas Scranton gael un o unarbymtheng yn rhagori cligon ar ei gydymgeiswyr i gael y Goron yn gyfan.
- We are a little surprised that the able judge from the city of Scranton could not have one of sixteen surpass his competitors by a margin to get the Crown intact.
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
un ar bymtheg | unchanged | unchanged | hun ar bymtheg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |