coinneálach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]coinneálach (genitive singular masculine coinneálaigh, genitive singular feminine coinneálaí, plural coinneálacha, comparative coinneálaí)
- sustaining, supportive
- retentive, tenacious
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
- (medicine) continent
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
Declension
[edit]Declension of coinneálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | coinneálach | choinneálach | coinneálacha; choinneálacha² | |
| Vocative | choinneálaigh | coinneálacha | ||
| Genitive | coinneálaí | coinneálacha | coinneálach | |
| Dative | coinneálach; choinneálach¹ |
choinneálach; choinneálaigh (archaic) |
coinneálacha; choinneálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos coinneálaí | |||
| Superlative | is coinneálaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- coinneálacht (“retentiveness, retentivity”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coinneálach | choinneálach | gcoinneálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinneálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coinneálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024