Words for family members and other relatives in Welsh, a Brythonic Celtic language spoken mainly in Wales, and also in Patagonia in Argentina.
Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female, NW = North Walian (used in North Wales) SW = South Walian (used in South Wales)
Welsh (Cymraeg) | |
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family | teulu |
parents | rhieni |
father | tad |
mother | mam |
children | plant |
son | mab |
daughter | merch |
husband | gŵr |
wife | gwraig |
brother | brawd |
sister | chwaer |
uncle | ewythr / wncwl |
aunt | modryb / anti |
cousin | cefnder (m) cyfnither (f) |
nephew | nai |
niece | nith |
grandparents | nain a thaid (NW) mam-gu a thad-cu (SW) |
grandfather | taid (NW) tad-cu (SW) |
grandmother | nain (NW) mam-gu (SW) |
grandchildren | wyrion |
grandson | ŵyr |
granddaughter | wyres |
grand nephew | nai bach |
grand niece | nith fach |
great grandfather | hen daid (NW) hen dad-cu (SW) |
great grandmother | hen nain (NW) hen fam-gu (SW) |
great uncle | hen ewythr |
great aunt | hen fodryb |
father-in-law | tad yng nghyfraith chwegrwn |
mother-in-law | mam yng nghyfraith chwegr |
brother-in-law | brawd yng nghyfraith |
sister-in-law | chwaer yng nghyfraith |
Breton, Cornish, Welsh, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic
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