How to count in Middle Welsh (Kymraec), a form of Welsh spoken from the 12th to about the 15th century.
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| Cardinal | Ordinal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | un, vn | kantaf, kyntaf |
| 2 | dau, dou, deu, dev (m) dwy (f) |
ail, eil, eyl |
| 3 | tri (m) teir (f) | tritid, drydyt, trydy(d) (m) trydet, trede(d) (f) |
| 4 | pedwar, peduar (m) pedeyr, pedair, pedeir (f) |
pedwerit, petveryd, pedwyryd, petweryd, petweryd (m) petguaret, petwared, pedwared, pedwyred (f) |
| 5 | pimp, pym(p), pvmp, pum(p) | pimphet, pemhet, pimhed, pymhed, pymhet |
| 6 | chwech, whech, whe, hwech, chwe | hhuechet, cchuehet, chwechet, whechet |
| 7 | ssetih, seith, saith | siethued, seithuet, seythuet, seithfed, saithfed |
| 8 | uith, wyth, vyth, ỽyth, oeth | wythuet, wythued, ỽythuet |
| 9 | nav, nau, naw | navuet, nauuet, nawued, nawuet |
| 10 | dec | decuet, decvet, decfed |
| 11 | un ar dec | uneut ar dec, undecuet |
| 12 | doudec, deudec, deudeg, deudeng | deudecuet |
| 13 | tri/teir ar dec | trydydec |
| 14 | pedwar deg, pedeir deg | pedwar degfed |
| 15 | pymthec | pemthecuet, pymthecuet, pymthecvet, pymthecfed |
| 16 | un ar bymthec | |
| 17 | deu/dwy ar bymthec | |
| 18 | tri/teir ar bymthec | |
| 19 | pedwar/pedeir ar bymthec | |
| 20 | ugein, ugeint, vgein | vgeinvet, ugeinuet |
| 21 | un ar hugein(t) | |
| 30 | dec a hugein(t) | |
| 40 | douceint, deuckeyn, deugeint, deu vgein, deugein | |
| 50 | dec a dugein(t) | |
| 60 | tri uceint, try ugeynt, triugeint, tri vgein, trigaint | |
| 80 | pedwar ugein(t) | |
| 90 | dec a phedwar ugein(t) | |
| 100 | can(t) | canvet, canuet, kannvet, canved |
| 101 | cant ac un, un a chant | |
| 120 | chwe ugein(t) | |
| 140 | seith ugein(t) | |
| 160 | wyth ugein(t) | |
| 180 | naw ugein(t) | |
| 200 | deucant | |
| 300 | trychant | |
| 1,000 | mil, myl | miluet, miled |
Information Middle Welsh numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Welsh#Numerals
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