coinneálacht

Irish

Etymology

From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

coinneálacht f (genitive singular coinneálachta)

  1. retentiveness, retentivity
  2. (medicine) continence
    Antonym: neamhchoinneálacht

Declension

Declension of coinneálacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coinneálacht
vocative a choinneálacht
genitive coinneálachta
dative coinneálacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an choinneálacht
genitive na coinneálachta
dative leis an gcoinneálacht
don choinneálacht
  • coinneálach (“sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinneálacht
radical lenition eclipsis
coinneálacht choinneálacht gcoinneálacht

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

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