Rhys

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English

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Etymology

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From Welsh Rhys; related to Price, Reece, Rees, Reese, and Rice.

Proper noun

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Rhys (plural Rhyses)

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname.

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Old Welsh Ris (ardor, fiery warrior), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (to run).[1] Related to modern rhysfa (attack), rhys (war hammer),[2] though these could have originated from the name.[3]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Rhys m

  1. a male given name from Old Welsh used in Wales since the Middle Ages
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Descendants

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Rhys Rys unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Forsyth, Katherine (2020). "Protecting a Pict?: Further thoughts on the inscribed silver chape from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. p. 11.
  2. ^ Legendary Poems from the Book of Taliesin (2007). United Kingdom: CMCS, p. 207.
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies