coinneal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.[1]

Displaced native íotharna (“(tallow)-candle, rushlight”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)

  1. candle
  2. torch
  3. light, glint

Declension

Declension of coinneal (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coinneal coinnle
vocative a choinneal a choinnle
genitive coinnle coinnle
dative coinneal coinnle
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an choinneal na coinnle
genitive na coinnle na gcoinnle
dative leis an gcoinneal
don choinneal 		leis na coinnle
  • Alternative genitive plural: coinneal

Derived terms

  • aolchoinneal f (“stalagmite”)
  • céir choinnle f (“candle wax”)
  • coinneal oíche f (“evening primrose”)
  • coinnealbháigh (“excommunicate”, transitive verb)
  • coinnealchumhacht f (“candle-power”)
  • coinnealóir m (“chandler”)
  • coinnealra m (“candelabrum”)
  • coinnle adhanta f pl (“torch of valour (of person)”)
  • coinnle an phúca f pl (“dark mullein”)
  • coinnle bána f pl (“white mullein”)
  • coinnle bhraonáin f pl (“icicles”)
  • coinnle corra f pl (“wild hyacinth, bluebell”)
  • coinnle Muire f pl (“great mullein, common mullein”)
  • coinnle reo f pl (“icicles”)
  • ruamann na gcoinneal m (“daddy-long-legs”)
  • solas coinnle m (“candlelight”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinneal
radical lenition eclipsis
coinneal choinneal gcoinneal

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caindel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɤɲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, plural coinnlean)

  1. candle

Mutation

Mutation of coinneal
radical lenition
coinneal choinneal

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

Further reading

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