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chwech

chwech

See also: c'hwec'h

Welsh

Welsh cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : chwech
    Ordinal : chweched

Numeral

chwech (before nouns chwe)

  1. (cardinal) six

Usage notes

Chwech triggers the aspirate mutation in the literary language, but in the spoken language this is only occasionally heard.

Noun

chwech m (plural chwechau)

  1. sixpence

Mutation

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

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