cenhedlu

Welsh

Etymology

From cenedl (noun) +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɛnˈhɛdlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɛnˈhɛdli/
• Rhymes: -ɛdlɨ̞

Verb

cenhedlu (first-person singular present cenhedlaf)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to beget, procreate, engender; to conceive; (figuratively) to produce, create

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cenhedlaf	cenhedli	cenhedla	cenhedlwn	cenhedlwch	cenhedlant	cenhedlir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cenhedlwn	cenhedlit	cenhedlai	cenhedlem	cenhedlech	cenhedlent	cenhedlid
preterite	cenhedlais	cenhedlaist	cenhedlodd	cenhedlasom	cenhedlasoch	cenhedlasant	cenhedlwyd
pluperfect	cenhedlaswn	cenhedlasit	cenhedlasai	cenhedlasem	cenhedlasech	cenhedlasent	cenhedlasid, cenhedlesid
present subjunctive	cenhedlwyf	cenhedlych	cenhedlo	cenhedlom	cenhedloch	cenhedlont	cenhedler
imperative	—	cenhedla	cenhedled	cenhedlwn	cenhedlwch	cenhedlent	cenhedler
verbal noun	cenhedlu
verbal adjectives	cenhedledig cenhedladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cenhedla i, cenhedlaf i	cenhedli di	cenhedlith o/e/hi, cenhedliff e/hi	cenhedlwn ni	cenhedlwch chi	cenhedlan nhw
conditional	cenhedlwn i, cenhedlswn i	cenhedlet ti, cenhedlset ti	cenhedlai fo/fe/hi, cenhedlsai fo/fe/hi	cenhedlen ni, cenhedlsen ni	cenhedlech chi, cenhedlsech chi	cenhedlen nhw, cenhedlsen nhw
preterite	cenhedlais i, cenhedles i	cenhedlaist ti, cenhedlest ti	cenhedlodd o/e/hi	cenhedlon ni	cenhedloch chi	cenhedlon nhw
imperative	—	cenhedla	—	—	cenhedlwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• atal cenhedlu (“prevent conception, contraception”)
• atgenhedlu (“reproduce”)
• cell genhedlu (“germ cell”)
• cenhedliad (“conception”)
• cenhedlol (“procreative, genital”)
• cyn cenhedlu (“preconception”)
• organau cenhedlu (“genitals”)
• proses cenhedlu (“process of conception”)
• rheoli cenhedlu (“birth control”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cenhedlu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cenhedlu	genhedlu	nghenhedlu	chenhedlu

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cenhedlu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies