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Welsh
Etymology
For the archaic meaning, Inherited from Middle Welsh undec, By surface analysis, un (“one”) + deg (“ten”), literally “one ten”. For the modern meaning, un (“one”) + deg (“ten”), literally “one ten”.
Pronunciation
Numeral
undeg m or f (ordinal undegfed)
- (archaic) eleven
- Synonyms: (vigesimal) un ar ddeg, (decimal) un deg un
- 1832: “Cynhafal”, Efelychiad o Horace (Emulation of Horace), book III, ode 9, “Ymddiddan rhwng Madog a Rhonwen”
Pan oeddwn gan ti yn dderbyniol,
Heb undeg mwy hardd-deg ei raen;
Yn gallu ‛th gofleidio yn anwylaidd,
Nid ydoedd un Brenin o’m blaen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (bound morpheme, decimal, nonstandard) -teen
- Synonym: ar ddeg
Derived terms
References
- “Undeg” listed on page 605 of William Owen Pughe’s Dictionary of the Welsh Language (1832)
- “Undeg” listed on page 270 of William Richards’ Welsh and English Dictionary (1832)
- “Undeg” listed on page 303 of Ellis Jones’ New Pocket Dictionary of the Welsh and English Languages (1840)