coinneáil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

coinneáil f (genitive singular coinneála)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coinneáil choinneáil gcoinneáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

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