coinnigh

Irish

Alternative forms

coingibh, congaibh, congbhuigh, congbhaigh (obsolete)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish congbaid, from Old Irish con·gaib.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkinʲəvʲ/^[3], /ˈcinʲəvʲ/^[4]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkin̠ʲə/^[5]^[6], /ˈkɨn̠ʲə/^[7], /ˈkɨn̠ʲi/^[8]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn̠ʲi(ː)/^[9] ~ /ˈkɨn̠ʲi(ː)/^[10]

Verb

coinnigh (present analytic coinníonn, future analytic coinneoidh, verbal noun coinneáil, past participle coinnithe) (transitive)

to keep, maintain
to retain, hold
to detain (put under custody)
to observe (take note of and celebrate)

Conjugation

conjugation of coinnigh (second conjugation)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	coinniú
past participle	coinnithe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	coinním	coinníonn tú; coinnír^†	coinníonn sé, sí	coinnímid; coinníonn muid	coinníonn sibh	coinníonn siad; coinníd^†	a choinníonn; a choinníos / a gcoinníonn*	coinnítear
past	choinnigh mé; choinníos	choinnigh tú; choinnís	choinnigh sé, sí	choinníomar; choinnigh muid	choinnigh sibh; choinníobhair	choinnigh siad; choinníodar	a choinnigh / ar choinnigh*	coinníodh
past habitual	choinnínn / gcoinnínn‡‡	choinníteá / gcoinníteá‡‡	choinníodh sé, sí / gcoinníodh sé, sí‡‡	choinnímis; choinníodh muid / gcoinnímis‡‡; gcoinníodh muid‡‡	choinníodh sibh / gcoinníodh sibh‡‡	choinnídís; choinníodh siad / gcoinnídís‡‡; gcoinníodh siad‡‡	a choinníodh / a gcoinníodh*	choinnítí / gcoinnítí‡‡
future	coinneoidh mé; coinneod; coinneochaidh mé^†	coinneoidh tú; coinneoir^†; coinneochaidh tú^†	coinneoidh sé, sí; coinneochaidh sé, sí^†	coinneoimid; coinneoidh muid; coinneochaimid^†; coinneochaidh muid^†	coinneoidh sibh; coinneochaidh sibh^†	coinneoidh siad; coinneoid^†; coinneochaidh siad^†	a choinneoidh; a choinneos; a choinneochaidh^†; a choinneochas^† / a gcoinneoidh; a gcoinneochaidh^†	coinneofar; coinneochar^†
conditional	choinneoinn; choinneochainn^† / gcoinneoinn‡‡; gcoinneochainn^†‡‡	choinneofá; choinneochthá^† / gcoinneofá‡‡; gcoinneochthá^†‡‡	choinneodh sé, sí; choinneochadh sé, sí^† / gcoinneodh sé, sí‡‡; gcoinneochadh sé, sí^†‡‡	choinneoimis; choinneodh muid; choinneochaimis^†; choinneochadh muid^† / gcoinneoimis‡‡; gcoinneodh muid‡‡; gcoinneochaimis^†‡‡; gcoinneochadh muid^†‡‡	choinneodh sibh; choinneochadh sibh^† / gcoinneodh sibh‡‡; gcoinneochadh sibh^†‡‡	choinneoidís; choinneodh siad; choinneochadh siad^† / gcoinneoidís‡‡; gcoinneodh siad‡‡; gcoinneochadh siad^†‡‡	a choinneodh; a choinneochadh^† / a gcoinneodh; a gcoinneochadh^†	choinneofaí; choinneochthaí^† / gcoinneofaí‡‡; gcoinneochthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive
present	go gcoinní mé; go gcoinníod^†	go gcoinní tú; go gcoinnír^†	go gcoinní sé, sí	go gcoinnímid; go gcoinní muid	go gcoinní sibh	go gcoinní siad; go gcoinníd^†	—	go gcoinnítear
past	dá gcoinnínn	dá gcoinníteá	dá gcoinníodh sé, sí	dá gcoinnímis; dá gcoinníodh muid	dá gcoinníodh sibh	dá gcoinnídís; dá gcoinníodh siad	—	dá gcoinnítí
imperative
–	coinním	coinnigh	coinníodh sé, sí	coinnímis	coinnígí; coinnídh^†	coinnídís	—	coinnítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

coimeád

Derived terms

coinnigh amach ó (“to keep away from”)
coinnigh amuigh (“keep out”)
coinnigh ar (“keep at”)
coinnigh istigh (“keep in”)
coinnigh le (“catch, meet up with”)
coinnigh ó (“refrain from”)
coinnigh siar (“to keep back, withhold”)
coinnigh síos (“keep down”)
coinnigh suas (“keep up”)
coinnigh suas le (“to keep up with”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *coinnigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinnigh	choinnigh	gcoinnigh

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

References

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