eyl

Cornish

Cornish numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2
2 		3  → 
    Cardinal (masculine): dew
    Cardinal (feminine): diw
    Ordinal: eyl, nessa
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2a
    Adverbial: diwweyth
    Multiplier: dewblek
    Fractional: hanter

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėl, from Proto-Celtic *alyos. Cognate with Welsh ail.

Adjective

eyl

  1. second
    Synonym: nessa
  2. one of two

Derived terms

  • an eyl hy ben f (“one another”)
  • an eyl wosa y gila (“successive”)
  • an eyl y gila m (“one another”)
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