twelfとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• twælf — late Kentish
• tuœlf — Northumbrian
• tuelf

語源

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.

発音

• IPA: /twelf/, [tweɫf]

数詞

twelf

1. twelve
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.

     [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Beforan Moyse and hys folce, hē ðone Rēadan sǣ on twelf wegas ādrīġde; þæt hī, drīġan fōtan, þæne sǣ oferfērdon.

     Before Moses and His people, He dried up twelve paths in the Red Sea, so that they could cross the sea with dry feet.

語形変化

派生語

• twelffeald
• twelfhynde

派生した語

• Middle English: twelve, twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf
  • English: twelve
  • Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)