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302 Adj. rhyw ‘a (certain), some’. The noun with which rhyw is compound&shy;ed, see i, may be singular or plural.

. Subst. un, pl. rhai and adj. rhyw, preceded by pronouns, numerals or prefixes, form composite or compound pro&shy;nominalia, thus:

Pa un, pl. pa rai ‘which?’ § 163 ii (1); pa ryw un § 163 ii (6).

pob un ‘every one’, pl. pob rhai.

neb un or nebun subst. ‘some one, any one’, adj. ‘a certain’, pl. neb rhai, generally in positive sentences.

rhyw un, rhýwun ‘some one’, pl. rhyw rai, rhýwrai, Ml. r͑yw rei.

dau ryw, tri rhyw, etc. ‘two (three, etc.) different, two (three, etc.) kinds of’.

Seithryw pechawt (read bechawt) marwawl ysyẟ Ỻ.A. 147 ‘there are seven different deadly sins’. Tri r͑yw gywyẟ yssyẟ … Deu ryw gywyẟ deu eir yssyẟ 1134 ‘there are three kinds of cywyddau, … there are two kinds of cywyddau deuair’.

pa ryw § 163 ii (6).

pob rhyw ‘every, all manner of’.

Pob r͑yw ẟa o’r a orchymynnei yr yscrythur lan Ỻ.A. 126 ‘Every good that holy scripture commanded’. a phob r͑yw vlas yssyẟ ar y