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) | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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