deusaith

Welsh

Etymology

dau (“two”) +‎ saith (“seven”)

Pronunciation

Numeral

deusaith m or f (ordinal deuseithfed)

  1. (obsolete, vigesimal) fourteen
    • 1714: unknown author, unknown poem, final four lines
      Un Mil seithgant a scrifennant
      A deu saith mlwydd, oed ein Harglwydd
      Os bydd holiad pwy wnai’r Caniad,
      Rhyw wael Gristion, dyna ddigon.
      One thousand seven hundred they wrote
      And fourteen years, our Lord’s age
      If there be query who made the call,
      Some poor Christian, that is all.
    • 1958, David James Bowen, Gruffudd Hiraethog a’i Oes, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, page 28:
      Deusaith yn cynnal alaeth,
      A Duw â’r pymthegfed aeth . . .
      Fourteen holding a lament,
      And God with the fifteenth went . . .
    Synonyms: pedair ar ddeg, pedwar ar ddeg, un deg pedwar

Mutation

Mutated forms of deusaith
radical soft nasal aspirate
deusaith ddeusaith neusaith unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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