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Welsh
Etymology
From ugain (“twenty”) + namyn (“minus”) + dwy (“two”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
ugain namyn dwy f
- (cardinal number, vigesimal) feminine of ugain namyn dau (“eighteen”)
- Synonyms: deunaw, un deg wyth, tair ar bymtheg
1886 October 23, “Cofiant y Diweddar Barch. Henry Rees”, in Y Goleuad, page 4:Syr,—Wele yn agos i ugain o flynyddoedd — ugain namyn dwy – er's pan hunodd yr enwog Henry Rees, ac hyd yma mae ei enw wedi ei adael heb gymaint a hyn o goffadwriaeth ar ei ol.- Sir, it has been nearly twenty years - eighteen, to be precise - since the famous Henry Rees died, and so far there has been little done to commemorate him.
- (literally, “Sir, - See, nearly twenty years - eighteen - since the famous Henry Rees slept, and so far his name has been left without much commemoration of him.”)
Mutation
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