coinneal

Irish

coinneal

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnʲəl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲəlˠ/, /ˈkɪn̠ʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)

1. candle
2. torch
3. light, glint

Declension

Declension of coinneal

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coinneal coinnle Vocative a choinneal a choinnle Genitive coinnle coinnle Dative coinneal coinnle

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinneal	choinneal	gcoinneal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinneal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinneal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

coinneal

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤɲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, plural coinnlean)

1. candle

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
coinneal	choinneal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caindel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language