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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
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
- 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.)
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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