rhaid

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh reit, from Proto-Brythonic *rrėd, possibly from Latin ratiō (“reason; manner”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /r̥ai̯d/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /hai̯d/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /r̥ai̯d/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /rai̯d/ Rhymes: -ai̯d === Noun === rhaid m (plural rheidiau) necessity, need translates English constructions with must, have to (see usage notes) ==== Usage notes ==== The English verb “must”/“have to” is often translated as bod rhaid i (which construction is synonymous with the verbal noun gorfod). When the form of bod is mae it is generally omitted in informal use. Note the two ways of negating: ==== Derived terms ==== anghenraid (“necessity”) di-raid (“needless”) diriaid (“wicked, dire”) rheidiol (“necessary”) rheidrwydd (“compulsion”) rheidus (“needy”) ==== See also ==== angen eisiau === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “rhaid”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin