eilfed ar bymtheg

Welsh

Welsh numbers (edit)
[a], [b]   16 17 18   [a], [b]
    Cardinal (masculine / vigesimal): dau ar bymtheg
    Cardinal (feminine / vigesimal): dwy ar bymtheg
    Cardinal (decimal): un deg saith
    Ordinal (masculine / vigesimal): ddeufed ar bymtheg, deufed ar bymtheg
    Ordinal (feminine / vigesimal): ddwyfed ar bymtheg, dwyfed ar bymtheg
    Ordinal: ail ar bymtheg, eilfed ar bymtheg
    Ordinal abbreviation: 17eg

Alternative forms

Etymology

From eilfed (second) + ar (on) + pymtheg (fifteen).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌei̯lvɛd ar ˈbəmθɛɡ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌei̯lvɛd ar ˈbəmθaɡ/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌei̯lvɛd ar ˈbəmθɛɡ/

Adjective

eilfed ar bymtheg (feminine singular eilfed ar bymtheg, plural eilfed ar bymtheg, not comparable)

  1. (ordinal number, obsolete) seventeenth
    • 1919 July 25, “Yr Eglwys a'r Piwritan yn nghanol yr Eilfed Ganrif ar Bymtheg [The Church and the Puritan in the middle of the Seventeenth Century]”, in Y Llan, page 6:

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eilfed ar bymtheg unchanged unchanged heilfed ar bymtheg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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