trigain

Welsh

Welsh numbers ^(edit)

		600
[a], [b], [c] ←  50	[a], [b] ←  59	60	61  → [a], [b]	70  → [a], [b], [c]
		6[a], [b]
Cardinal (vigesimal): trigain     Cardinal (decimal): chwe deg, (optionally before a nasal or vowel) chwe deng     Ordinal: trigeinfed     Ordinal abbreviation: 60fed

Etymology

tri (“three”) +‎ ugain (“twenty”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪɡai̯n/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪɡɛn/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtriːɡai̯n/, /ˈtrɪɡai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtriːɡɛn/, /ˈtrɪɡɛn/

Numeral

trigain

1. (cardinal number, vigesimal) sixty, three score

   Synonyms: chwe deg, chwedeg

Usage notes

• Numerals which employ trigain as their final element, i.e. 61 to 79, use a (“and”) to connect it to the preceding element, which causes an aspirate mutation, e.g. un a thrigain (“sixty-one”), pedwar ar bymtheg a thrigain (“seventy-nine”).

Noun

trigain m (plural trigeiniau)

1. (cardinal number) sixty

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trigain	drigain	nhrigain	thrigain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.