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298 y rhai ‘the ones’ is used, which is more strictly the pl. of yr un ‘the one’; the latter is similarly employed, as are also y neb, y sawl and definite nouns like y gŵr Ps. i 1, etc.

Before relatives we also have in Ml. W. the form ar, which is sg. and pl.

It is chiefly found in the form ’r after o ‘of’.

In Mn. W. this construction survives with o replaced by a § 213 iii (1)

na dim a’r sydd eiddo dy gymydog Ex. xx 17. Pob peth byw a’r sydd gyda thi Gen. viii 17, see ix 16. ym mhob dim a’r y galwom arno Deut. iv 7. dim a’r a wnaeth&shy;pwyd Ioan i 3.

hwn and hon come in the first instance from Brit. *sundos, *sundā; the neut. hyn from *sindod, and the pl. hyn from either