Welsh reference

Selected Welsh numbers up to 100

This list shows selected numbers up to 100, not every number in between. Compare the number forms with their English meanings. Counting forms, forms used with people and examples appear only where the source data records them.

Welsh number list

NumberCardinalOther formsAudio
  1. 1one
    un

    Ordinal: cyntaf

    un gath (cat)Mutation: soft

    un ferch (girl)Mutation: soft

    un ardd (garden)Mutation: soft

    un fasged (basket)Mutation: soft

    oneSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-1
  2. 2two
    dau

    Ordinal: ail

    Masculine: dau

    Feminine: dwy

    dau gi (dog)Mutation: soft

    dau dŷ (house)Mutation: soft

    dwy gath (cat)Mutation: soft

    dwy ardd (garden)Mutation: soft

    twoSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-2
  3. 3three
    tri

    Ordinal: trydydd/trydedd

    Masculine: tri

    Feminine: tair

    tri chi (dog)Mutation: aspirate

    tri thŷ (house)Mutation: aspirate

    tri pheth (thing)Mutation: aspirate

    tair cath (cat)

    threeSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-3
  4. 4four
    pedwar

    Ordinal: pedwerydd/pedwaredd

    Masculine: pedwar

    Feminine: pedair

    fourSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-4
  5. 5five
    pump

    Ordinal: pumed

    pum niwrnod (day)Mutation: nasal

    pum mlynedd (year)Mutation: nasal

    fiveSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-5
  6. 6six
    chwech

    Ordinal: chweched

    chwe chi (dog)Mutation: aspirate

    chwe thŷ (house)Mutation: aspirate

    chwe pheth (thing)Mutation: aspirate

    chwe cheiniog (penny)Mutation: aspirate

    sixSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-6
  7. 7seven
    saith

    Ordinal: seithfed

    saith ci (dog)

    saith cath (cat)

    saith tŷ (house)

    sevenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-7
  8. 8eight
    wyth

    Ordinal: wythfed

    wyth ci (dog)

    wyth cath (cat)

    wyth tŷ (house)

    eightSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-8
  9. 9nine
    naw

    Ordinal: nawfed

    naw ci (dog)

    naw cath (cat)

    naw tŷ (house)

    nineSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-9
  10. 10ten
    deg

    Ordinal: degfed

    deg ci (dog)

    deg cath (cat)

    deg tŷ (house)

    tenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-10
  11. 11eleven
    un ar ddeg
    elevenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-11
  12. 12twelve
    deuddeg
    twelveSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-12
  13. 13thirteen
    tri ar ddeg

    Masculine: tri ar ddeg

    Feminine: tair ar ddeg

    thirteenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-13
  14. 14fourteen
    pedwar ar ddeg

    Masculine: pedwar ar ddeg

    Feminine: pedair ar ddeg

    fourteenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-14
  15. 15fifteen
    pymtheg
    fifteenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-15
  16. 16sixteen
    un ar bymtheg
    sixteenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-16
  17. 17seventeen
    dau ar bymtheg

    Masculine: dau ar bymtheg

    Feminine: dwy ar bymtheg

    seventeenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-17
  18. 18eighteen
    deunaw
    eighteenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-18
  19. 19nineteen
    pedwar ar bymtheg

    Masculine: pedwar ar bymtheg

    Feminine: pedair ar bymtheg

    nineteenSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-19
  20. 20twenty
    ugain
    twentySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-20
  21. 30thirty
    deg ar hugain
    thirtySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-30
  22. 40forty
    deugain
    fortySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-40
  23. 50fifty
    hanner cant
    fiftySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-50
  24. 60sixty
    trigain
    sixtySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-60
  25. 70seventy
    deg a thrigain
    seventySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-70
  26. 80eighty
    pedwar ugain
    eightySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-80
  27. 90ninety
    deg a phedwar ugain
    ninetySource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-90
  28. 100one hundred
    cant
    one hundredSource: data/content/welsh/numbers.json#cy-num-100

Decimal and score-based Welsh numbers

Entries for 11–19, 20 and 30–90 show traditional forms only; decimal forms such as un deg un, dau ddeg and chwe deg are not listed. GPC records decimal chwedeg alongside score-based trigain for sixty.

GPC: twenty / score (ugain)GPC: decimal sixty (chwedeg)GPC: score-based sixty (trigain)

Numbers with nouns

The source examples show that noun changes differ across number forms. Each example keeps its recorded combined form and change type; these examples do not claim a rule for every number or noun.

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