deugain

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		400
[a], [b], [c] ←  30	[a], [b], [c] ←  39	40	41  → [a], [b]	50  → [a], [b], [c]
		4[a], [b]
Cardinal (vigesimal): deugain     Cardinal (decimal): pedwar deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) pedwar deng     Ordinal: deugeinfed     Ordinal abbreviation: 40fed

Etymology

deu- (“two”) +‎ ugain (“twenty”)

Pronunciation

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

Usage notes

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

Numeral

deugain

1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) forty, two score

   Synonym: pedwar deg

Usage notes

• Numerals which employ deugain as their final element, i.e. 41 to 59, use a (“and”) to connect it to the preceding element, e.g. un a deugain (“forty-one”), pedwar ar bymtheg a deugain (“fifty-nine”).

Noun

deugain m (plural deugeiniau)

1. forty

1888, J. A. Morris, Y pulpud bedyddiedig in nghymru, sef deugain o bregethau gan wahanol weinidogion y bedyddwyr [The baptized pulpit in Wales, forty sermons by various Baptist ministers], Abserystwyth: J. Gibson.:

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.