deugain

deugain

Welsh

Etymology

dau (“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 (ordinal deugeinfed)

1. 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.