cenhedlu
Welsh
Etymology
From cenedl (noun) + -u.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛnˈhɛdlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛnˈhɛdli/
Verb
cenhedlu (first-person singular present cenhedlaf)
- (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
- organ cenhedlu m (“reproductive organ”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cenhedlu | genhedlu | nghenhedlu | chenhedlu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “cenhedlu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies