deugain

Welsh

Etymology

dau (“two”) +‎ ugain (“twenty”)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɡai̯n/
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯ɡai̯n/

Usage notes

  • Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /i̯/ in all parts of Wales.

Numeral

deugain (ordinal deugeinfed)

  1. (cardinal) forty

Synonyms

  • pedwar deg

Noun

deugain m (plural deugeiniau)

  1. twenty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
deugain ddeugain neugain unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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