coinneal
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.
Displaced native íotharna (“(tallow)-candle, rushlight”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)
Declension
Declension of coinneal
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- 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, coinnle reo f pl (“icicle”)
- coinnle corra f pl (“wild hyacinth, bluebell”)
- coinnle Muire f pl (“great mullein(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- solas coinnle m (“candlelight”)
Mutation
| 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. | ||
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
- 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, 2013-2024