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 singular plural nominative coinneal coinnle vocative a choinneal a choinnle genitive coinnle coinnle dative coinneal coinnil (archaic, dialectal) coinnle forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an choinneal na coinnle genitive na coinnle na gcoinnle dative leis an gcoinneal leis an gcoinnil (archaic, dialectal) don choinneal don choinnil (archaic, dialectal) 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

Mutated forms of coinneal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinneal	choinneal	gcoinneal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coinneal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 226; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• 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, 2013–2025

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

Mutation of coinneal

radical	lenition
coinneal	choinneal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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