coinneal

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coinneal

Etymology

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From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.[1]

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)

  1. candle
  2. torch
  3. light, glint

Declension

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  • Alternative genitive plural: coinneal

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caindel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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coinneal

Etymology

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From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, plural coinnlean)

  1. candle

Mutation

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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

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