cenedl

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • ceneddl

Etymology

From Old Welsh kenedel (“kindred, family to the ninth degree of kinship”), 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]
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Noun

cenedl f (plural cenhedloedd)

  1. nation
  2. tribe, clan, kindred
  3. generation
  4. (biblical) gentile
  5. Norsemen
  6. sort, species, kind, sex, gender
  7. ethnicity

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

  • “cenedl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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