coinneálacht
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) + -acht.
Noun
[edit]coinneálacht f (genitive singular coinneálachta)
- retentiveness, retentivity
- (medicine) continence
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálacht
Declension
[edit]Declension of coinneálacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
[edit]- coinneálach (“sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coinneálacht | choinneálacht | gcoinneálacht |
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) “coinneálacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneálacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coinneálacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024