Cineál

rannán teaghlaigh Gaelacha

Is rannán de theaghlach é cineál, go háirithe de theaghlach Gaelach.[1] Úsáidtear an téarma seo in Albain agus in Éirinn, i gcás ina bhféadfadh é a aistriú mar sliocht nó síol srl,[2] a fhéadfaidh sliocht duine a léiriú (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".[3]

Tagairt cuir in eagar

 

  1. Clans and Septs of Ireland, RMK Research.
  2. Woulfe P. (2010.) Irish Names and Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company.
  3. 'An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language' (1896). https://archive.org/details/etymologicaldict00macbuoft