ugeinfed

Welsh
Welsh numbers (edit)
200
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2[a], [b]
    Cardinal (decimal): dau ddeg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) dau ddeng
    Cardinal (vigesimal): ugain
    Ordinal: ugeinfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 20fed
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From ugain (“twenty”) +‎ -fed (“-th”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪˈɡei̯nvɛd/

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

Adjective

ugeinfed (feminine singular ugeinfed, plural ugeinfed, not comparable)

  1. (ordinal number) twentieth
    • 1588-1620, “1 Cronicl 24:16”, in William Morgan, transl., edited by William Parry and John Davies, Mallwyd, Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan, sef yr Hen Destament a’r Newydd‎, page 434; republished London, 1804:
      Y pedwerydd ar bymtheg i Pethahïah, yr ugeinfed i Jehesecel,
      the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ugeinfed unchanged unchanged hugeinfed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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