coinleach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caoinleach, coinlioch, coinnleach, condlach, conlach, connlach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From connall (stalk, stubble) +‎ -ach.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲlʲəx/[3]
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲl̠ʲəx/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠl̪ˠa(x)/[5] (corresponding to the form conlach)

Noun

coinleach m (genitive singular coinligh)

  1. stubble (short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested)

Declension

Declension of coinleach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coinleach
vocative a choinligh
genitive coinligh
dative coinleach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an coinleach
genitive an choinligh
dative leis an gcoinleach
don choinleach

Derived terms

  • coinleach féasoige (stubble (on a person’s face, etc.))

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinleach
radical lenition eclipsis
coinleach choinleach gcoinleach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ coinleach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “connlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 154, page 46; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 133, page 27
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24

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