cainéal

Irish

Alternative forms

• caineal, cainel, cainél, caineul, cainnéal, canel (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English canel, from Old French canele, from Medieval Latin canella, a diminutive of canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

cainéal m (genitive singular cainéil)

1. cinnamon

Declension

Declension of cainéal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cainéal Vocative a chainéil Genitive cainéil Dative cainéal

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cainéal Genitive an chainéil Dative leis an gcainéal don chainéal

Etymology 2

From Middle English canel (variant of chanel), from Anglo-Norman canel, from Old French chanel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”) (see Etymology 1 above). Doublet of canáil.

Noun

cainéal m (genitive singular cainéil, nominative plural cainéil)

1. channel (for water)
2. (broadcasting) channel (on television etc.)

   Synonym: bealach

Declension

Declension of cainéal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cainéal cainéil Vocative a chainéil a chainéala Genitive cainéil cainéal Dative cainéal cainéil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cainéal na cainéil Genitive an chainéil na gcainéal Dative leis an gcainéal don chainéal leis na cainéil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cainéal	chainéal	gcainéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cainéal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainél “cinnamon””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cainnéal “channel””, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN