un ar bymtheg

Welsh

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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
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Alternative forms

• un ar bymtheng, unarbymtheg, unarbymtheng

Etymology

From un (“one”) +‎ ar (“on”) +‎ pymtheg (“fifteen”).

Pronunciation

• (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

un ar bymtheg

1. (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

Welsh mutation
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.