deuddeg

Welsh

**Welsh numbers ^(edit)**
	120^{[a], [b], [c]}
^{[a], [b]} ← 11	12	13 → ^{[a], [b], [c], [d]}
Cardinal (masculine / decimal): un deg dau Cardinal (feminine / decimal): un deg dwy Cardinal (vigesimal): deuddeg Ordinal: deuddegfed Ordinal abbreviation: 12fed
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From dau (“two”) +‎ deg (“ten”).

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɨ̯ðɛɡ/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɨ̯ðaɡ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdei̯ðɛɡ/
Rhymes: -eɨ̯ðɛɡ

deuddeg

The vigesimal deuddeg can be used with nouns of any gender whereas the decimal un deg dau and un deg dwy are used solely with masculine and feminine nouns respectively.
Vigesimal deuddeg (“twelve”) is not to be confused with decimal dau ddeg (“twenty”).

(chiefly in the negative) taro deuddeg (“to strike the right note”, literally “to strike twelve”)

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deuddeg	ddeuddeg	neuddeg	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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