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dau ddeng

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Welsh

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Welsh numbers (edit)
200
[a], [b] ←  10 [a], [b], [c] ←  19 20 21  → [a], [b] 30  → [a], [b], [c]
2[a], [b]
    Cardinal (decimal): dau ddeg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) dau ddeng
    Cardinal (vigesimal): ugain
    Ordinal: ugeinfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 20fed

Etymology

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Literally, two tens.

Numeral

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dau ddeng

  1. (cardinal number, decimal) twenty
    Synonym: ugain

Usage notes

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  • Used before blynedd, blwydd, nouns beginning with m or n, and optionally before diwrnod and nouns beginning with a vowel. Triggers nasal mutation of b and d.[1]
  • dau ddeng mlyneddtwenty years
  • dau ddeng mlwyddtwenty years old
  • dau ddeng milltirtwenty miles

Mutation

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Mutated forms of dau ddeng
radical soft nasal aspirate
dau ddeng ddau ddeng nau ddeng unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Thorne, David A. (1993) A Comprehensive Welsh Grammar (Reference Grammars), Oxford and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, § 202 n. 2, page 147