cenhedlu
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɛnˈhɛdlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɛnˈhɛdli/
- Rhymes: -ɛdlɨ̞
Verb
[edit]cenhedlu (first-person singular present cenhedlaf)
- (transitive, intransitive) to beget, procreate, engender; to conceive; (figuratively) to produce, create
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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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 | ||||
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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
[edit]- atal cenhedlu (“prevent conception, contraception”)
- atgenhedlu (“reproduce”)
- cell genhedlu (“germ cell”)
- cenhedliad (“conception”)
- cyn cenhedlu (“preconception”)
- organau cenhedlu (“genitals”)
- proses cenhedlu (“process of conception”)
- rheoli cenhedlu (“birth control”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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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
[edit]- 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