trigain

Welsh

Welsh numbers (edit)
600
[a], [b], [c] ←  50 [a], [b] ←  59 60 61  → [a], [b] 70  → [a], [b], [c]
6[a], [b]
    Cardinal (vigesimal): trigain
    Cardinal (decimal): chwe deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) chwe deng
    Ordinal: trigeinfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 60fed

Etymology

tri (“three”) +‎ ugain (“twenty”)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtrɪɡai̯n/
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈtriːɡai̯n/, /ˈtrɪɡai̯n/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtriːɡɛn/, /ˈtrɪɡɛn/

Numeral

trigain

  1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) sixty, three score
    Synonyms: chwe deg, chwedeg

Usage notes

  • Numerals which employ trigain as their final element, i.e. 61 to 79, use a (“and”) to connect it to the preceding element, which causes an aspirate mutation, e.g. un a thrigain (“sixty-one”), pedwar ar bymtheg a thrigain (“seventy-nine”).

Noun

trigain m (plural trigeiniau)

  1. (cardinal number) sixty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
trigain drigain nhrigain thrigain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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