undeg

Welsh

Etymology

For the archaic meaning, Inherited from Middle Welsh undec, By surface analysis, un (“one”) +‎ deg (“ten”), literally “one [plus] ten”. For the modern meaning, un (“one”) +‎ deg (“ten”), literally “one [times] ten”.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ndɛɡ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɪndɛɡ/

Numeral

undeg m or f (ordinal undegfed)

(archaic) eleven
Synonyms: (vigesimal) un ar ddeg, (decimal) un deg un
- 1832: “Cynhafal”, Efelychiad o Horace (Emulation of Horace), book III, ode 9, “Ymddiddan rhwng Madog a Rhonwen”
  Pan oeddwn gan ti yn dderbyniol,
  Heb undeg mwy hardd-deg ei raen;
  Yn gallu ‛th gofleidio yn anwylaidd,
  Nid ydoedd un Brenin o’m blaen.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(bound morpheme, decimal, nonstandard) -teen
Synonym: ar ddeg

Derived terms

undeg un (“11”)
undeg dau (“12”)
undeg tri (“13”)
undeg pedwar (“14”)
undeg pump (“15”)
undeg chwech (“16”)
undeg saith (“17”)
undeg wyth (“18”)
undeg naw (“19”)

References

“Undeg” listed on page 605 of William Owen Pughe’s Dictionary of the Welsh Language (1832)
“Undeg” listed on page 270 of William Richards’ Welsh and English Dictionary (1832)
“Undeg” listed on page 303 of Ellis Jones’ New Pocket Dictionary of the Welsh and English Languages (1840)