coinneáil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coinneáilt
  • coingbheáil, coingeáil, coinghbheáil, coinneál, coinneált, congáil, congbháil, congbháilt, congmháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish congbál. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cumail and Manx cummal.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈnʲɑːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɞn̠ʲɑːlʲ/ ~ /ˈkin̠ʲɑːlʲ/ ~ /ˈkon̠ʲɑːlʲ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲalʲ/, /ˈkɪn̠ʲæl̠ʲtʲ/ (corresponding to the form coinneáilt)[2]

Noun

coinneáil f (genitive singular coinneála)

  1. verbal noun of coinnigh (“keep”)
  2. maintenance
  3. retention
  4. detention
  5. observance

Declension

Declension of coinneáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coinneáil
vocative a choinneáil
genitive coinneála
dative coinneáil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an choinneáil
genitive na coinneála
dative leis an gcoinneáil
don choinneáil

Derived terms

  • coinneáil ama (“timekeeping”)
  • coinneáil chiste (“fundholding”)
  • coinneáil chosanta (“protective custody”)
  • coinneáil fuail (“water retention”)
  • coinneáil istigh (“detention”)
  • coinneáil scóir (“scoring”)
  • coinneáil siar (“withholding”)
  • coinneáil uisce (“fluid retention, water retention”)
  • coinneálach (“sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious”)
  • coinneálacht (“retentiveness, retentivity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinneáil
radical lenition eclipsis
coinneáil choinneáil gcoinneáil

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 160
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 257, page 92

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