deusaith

Welsh

Etymology

dau (“two”) +‎ saith (“seven”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɨ̯sai̯θ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdei̯sai̯θ/

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

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