eilfed

Welsh
Welsh numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (masculine): dau
    Cardinal (feminine): dwy
    Ordinal: ail, eilfed
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2il
    Adverbial: dwywaith
    Multiplier: dwbl
Welsh Wikipedia article on 2

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ail (“second”) +‎ -fed (“-th”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈei̯lvɛd/

Adjective

eilfed (feminine singular eilfed, plural eilfed, not comparable) (precedes the noun)

  1. (ordinal number) second
    Synonym: ail
    • 1842, Almanac am 1842 yr hon yw yr eilfed ar ol blwyddyn y naid, a'r 6ed, o deyrnasiad ei mawrhydi Y Frenhines Victoria, Brenhines Prydain fawr a'r Ywerddon. [Almanac for 1842 which is the second after the leap year, and the 6th, of the reign of her majesty Queen Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.], L.E. Jones:

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
eilfed unchanged unchanged heilfed
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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