deuddegfed

Welsh

Welsh numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c]   11 12 13   [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal (masculine / decimal): un deg dau
    Cardinal (feminine / decimal): un deg dwy
    Cardinal (vigesimal): deuddeg
    Ordinal: deuddegfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12fed

Alternative forms

Etymology

From deuddeg (twelve) + -fed (-th).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /deɨ̯ˈðɛɡvɛd/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /deɨ̯ˈðɛɡvad/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /dei̯ˈðɛɡvɛd/

Adjective

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

  1. (ordinal number) twelfth
    • 1588-1620, “1 Cronicl 24:12”, 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:
      Yr unfed ar ddeg i Elïasib, y deuddegfed i Jacim,
      the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

Mutation

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