cenedl
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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh kenedyl, from Old Welsh kenedel (“kindred, family to the ninth degree of kinship”), from Proto-Brythonic *kenedl, from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (“family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken-.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛnɛdl/, [ˈkʰɛnɛdl̩ˠ]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkeːnɛdl/, [ˈkʰeːnɛdl̩], /ˈkɛnɛdl/, [ˈkʰɛnɛdl̩]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnɛdl
Noun
cenedl f (plural cenhedloedd)
- nation
- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon.
- A nation without a language is a nation without a heart.
- (archaic) tribe, clan, kindred
- Synonym: llwyth
- (archaic) generation
- Synonym: cenhedlaeth
- (archaic) sort, species, kind
- (archaic) ethnicity
- Synonym: ethnigrwydd
- (biblical) gentile
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Luc 2:29-32:
- Yr awr hon, Arglwydd, y gollyngi dy was mewn tangnefedd, yn ôl dy air: canys fy llygaid a welsant dy iachawdwriaeth, yr hon a baratoaist gerbron wyneb yr holl bobloedd; goleuni i oleuo y Cenhedloedd, a gogoniant dy bobl Israel.
- Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Luc 2:29-32:
- (grammar) gender (of nouns, adjectives etc.)
Derived terms
- cenhedlaeth (“generation”)
- cenhedliad (“procreation, conception”)
- Cenhedloedd Unedig (“United Nations”)
- cenhedlu (“to procreate, to reproduce”)
- pencenedl (“head of kindred (in Welsh laws)”)
Related terms
- cenedlaethol (“national”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cenedl | genedl | nghenedl | chenedl |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cenedl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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