pedwar ugain

Welsh

Welsh numbers (edit)
800
[a], [b], [c]   70 [a], [b], [c]   79 80 81   [a], [b] 90   [a], [b], [c]
8
    Cardinal (vigesimal): pedwar ugain
    Cardinal (decimal): wyth deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) wyth deng
    Ordinal: pedwar ugeinfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 80fed

Etymology

pedwar (four) + ugain (twenty)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌpɛdwar ˈɪɡai̯n/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌpɛdwar ˈiːɡai̯n/, /ˌpɛdwar ˈɪɡai̯n/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌpɛdwar ˈiːɡɛn/, /ˌpɛdwar ˈɪɡɛn/

Numeral

pedwar ugain

  1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) eighty, four score
    Synonym: wyth deg

Usage notes

  • Numerals which employ pedwar ugain as their final element, i.e. 81 to 99, use a (and) to connect it to the preceding element, which causes an aspirate mutation, e.g. un a phedwar ugain (eighty-one), pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain (ninety-nine).

Noun

pedwar ugain m (plural pedwar ugeiniau)

  1. eighty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pedwar ugain bedwar ugain mhedwar ugain phedwar ugain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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