rhyw

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Welsh

Pronunciation

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Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

Determiner

rhyw (triggers Soft Mutation)

  1. some (a certain, an unspecified or unknown.)
    Mae rhyw ddyn tu allan.
    There's some man outside.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Breton reizh.

Noun

rhyw m (plural rhywiau)

  1. (countable) sex
  2. (uncountable) sex, sexual intercourse
Derived terms

Mutation

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