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

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

Derived terms

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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 257, page 92

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