cennad

Welsh

Etymology 1

Cognate with Cornish kannas (“messenger, ambassador”) and Breton kannad (“messenger, representative”).[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce”).[2]

Its original meaning may have been that of modern cenhadaeth (“embassy”), hence why it is feminine.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛnad/

Noun

cennad f (plural cenhadon)

  1. messenger, delegate, representative
    Synonym: negesydd
  2. message
    Synonyms: neges, cenadwri, newyddion
  3. legate
Derived terms
  • cenhadaeth (“mission”)
  • cenhades (“female missionary”)
  • cenhadol (“missionary”)
  • cenhadu (“to conduct a mission”)
  • cenhadwr (“missionary”)
  • llysgennad (“ambassador”)

Etymology 2

From can- +‎ gadu (“to permit, to allow”) under the influence of cennad (“messenger; message”).

Noun

cennad f (plural cenhadau)

  1. permission, leave
    Synonym: caniatâd

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cennad gennad nghennad chennad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cennad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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