deugeinfed

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From deugain (“forty”) +‎ -fed (“-th”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dei̯ˈɡei̯nvɛd/

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

Adjective

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

  1. (ordinal number) fortieth
    • 2004, Cyngerdd deugeinfed pen-blwydd Côr Meibion Aberystwyth: Nos Sadwrn 23 Tachwedd [Aberystwyth Male Voice Choir's fortieth anniversary concert: Saturday 23 November]:
      (The choir was founded in 1962.)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
deugeinfed ddeugeinfed neugeinfed unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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