ugain

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh uceint, from Proto-Celtic *wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t (compare Latin vīgintī) from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”). Cognate with Breton ugent, Old Irish fiche.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɪɡai̯n/
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡai̯n/, /ˈɪɡai̯n/
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡɛn/, /ˈɪɡɛn/
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Usage notes
  • Despite being written as u, the initial vowel here is /ɪ/ in north Wales.

Numeral

ugain (ordinal ugeinfed)

  1. (cardinal) twenty

Synonyms
  • dau ddeg

Noun

ugain m (plural ugeiniau)

  1. twenty
  2. (numeral) score

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
ugain unchanged unchanged hugain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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