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Welsh word

rhyw

sex

nounfeminine/r̥ɪu̯/

rhyw means “sex” in Welsh and is used as a noun. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /r̥ɪu̯/.

Definitions

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Mutation forms

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Base formrhyw
Treiglad Meddalryw

rhyw in context

A'r man cychwyn, wrth gwrs, pan ŷch chi'n darllen y Ddeddf—rhyw fath o gynsail neu sylfaen i'r cyfan—yw Deddf llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol, sy'n gosod allan y pedwar piler yna o ddatblygu cynaliadwy yma yng Nghymru.

And the starting point, of course, when you read the legislation—some kind of foundation for all of it—is the well-being of future generations Act, which sets out those four pillars in terms of sustainable development here in Wales.

C1

Fe wnaeth eich cynigion cychwynnol chi awgrymu y byddai'r comisiynydd yna yn medru sefydlu rhyw fath o weithdrefn ar gyfer ymchwilio i gwynion.

Your initial proposal suggested that the commissioner would be able to establish a procedure for the investigation of complaints.

B2

Rwy'n ddiolchgar fod fy swyddfa i wedi cael ymateb rhyw awr yn ôl.

I'm grateful that my office received a response about an hour ago.

B2

Gwnaeth y bwrdd iechyd lwyddo i ailgontractio mewn pum lleoliad rhyw flwyddyn yn ôl, ac un o'r lleoliadau hynny yng Nghaernarfon.

The health board did succeed in recontracting in five locations about a year ago, and one of those locations was in Caernarfon.

B2

Dwi eisiau ein gweld ni'n mynd rhagddo efo cael rhyw fath o fforwm llifogydd i Gymru.

I want to see us proceeding with having some kind of flood forum for Wales.

B1

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