ugain namyn dwy

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Welsh

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Welsh numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  17 18 19  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal (feminine / vigesimal): tair ar bymtheg, ugain namyn dwy
    Cardinal (decimal): un deg wyth
    Cardinal (vigesimal): deunaw
    Ordinal (masculine / vigesimal): trydydd ar bymtheg
    Ordinal: deunawfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 18fed

Etymology

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From ugain (twenty) +‎ namyn (minus) +‎ dwy (two).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ugain namyn dwy f

  1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) feminine of ugain namyn dau (eighteen)
    Synonyms: deunaw, un deg wyth, tair ar bymtheg
    • 1886 October 23, “Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Henry Rees”, in Y Goleuad, page 4:
      Syr,—Wele yn agos i ugain o flynyddoedd — ugain namyn dwy – er's pan hunodd yr enwog Henry Rees, ac hyd yma mae ei enw wedi ei adael heb gymaint a hyn o goffadwriaeth ar ei ol.
      Sir, it has been nearly twenty years - eighteen, to be precise - since the famous Henry Rees died, and so far there has been little done to commemorate him.
      (literally, “Sir, - See, nearly twenty years - eighteen - since the famous Henry Rees slept, and so far his name has been left without much commemoration of him.”)

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ugain namyn dwy unchanged unchanged hugain namyn dwy
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.