Cenél

rannán teaghlaigh Gaelacha
(Athsheolta ó Cineál)

Is rannán de theaghlach é cenél[1] (Nua-Ghaeilge: cineál), go háirithe de theaghlach Gaelach.[2] Úsáidtear an téarma seo in Albain agus in Éirinn, ina bhféadfaí é a aistriú mar “sliocht” nó “síol”, srl.[3] (mar shampla, “sliocht Néill Naoighiallaigh”).

San fhoclóir sanasaíoch 'An etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language', tugann Alasdair MacGilleBhàin an méid seo a leanas le fios faoin fhocal cineal; "offspring, clan, Irish cineul, Old Irish cenél, Welsh cenedl, Old Welsh cenetl, Corl kinethel, *kenetlo-n: Indo-European qen, begin; Greek kainós, new ( @Gkanjós); Latin re-cens, English recent; Church Slavonic koni", beginning; Sanskrit kaná, young".[4]

  1. eDIL 2019: An Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, based on the Contributions to a Dictionary of the Irish Language”. Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann (1913–1976). Dáta rochtana: 2024-10-06.
  2. Clans and Septs of Ireland, RMK Research.
  3. Woulfe P. (2010.) Irish Names and Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company.
  4. 'An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language' (1896). https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00macbuoft