rheina

Contracted from y rhai yna (“the ones there, those ones”).

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /r̥ei̯na/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /hei̯na/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /r̥ei̯na/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /rei̯na/
• Rhymes: -ei̯na

rheina pl

1. those (people, things)

   Pwy ydy’r rheina?

   Who are those [people]?

   Pysgod ydy’r rheina.

   Those are fish.

   Synonyms: rheini, rheiny

• In standard Welsh, this occurs as y rheina with the definite article due to its etymology. The article is dropped in colloquial language.

• rhain (“these”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rheina”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies