cenedl

Welsh

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-.

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
Synonyms: math, siort
(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.
(grammar) gender (of nouns, adjectives etc.)

Mutated forms of *cenedl*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cenedl	genedl	nghenedl	chenedl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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