rhywbeth

== Welsh == === Etymology === rhyw +‎ peth === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɪu̯bɛθ/, /ˈr̥ɨu̯bɛθ/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɪu̯baθ/, /ˈr̥ɨu̯baθ/, /ˈr̥ʊbɛθ/, /ˈr̥ʊbaθ/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɪu̯bɛθ/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ʊbɛθ/, /ˈrʊbɛθ/, /ˈr̥ʊpɛθ/, /ˈrʊpɛθ/ ==== Usage notes ==== Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w". === Noun === rhywbeth m (plural rhyw bethau) something ==== Related terms ==== be', beth (“what”) dim, dim byd (“nothing”) pob dim, popeth (“everything”) unrhyw beth (“anything”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “rhywbeth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies