rhyw

Welsh

Pronunciation

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".

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
  • rhywedd
  • rhywiaeth
  • rhywiol
  • rhywogaeth

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
rhyw ryw unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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