coinnleoir
Irish
Etymology
From coinneal (“candle”) + -óir.
Noun
coinnleoir m (genitive singular coinnleora, nominative plural coinnleoirí)
- (literary) candle-bearer
- candlestick
- (figuratively) tall, thin person
- night-poacher
Declension
Declension of coinnleoir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (tall, thin person): cuaille m, léanscach m, pícealach m, sciúirse m, sínéalach m, spiacán m, spíce (de dhuine) m, spícéad m, spídéalach m, sreangaire m, sreangán m
Derived terms
- coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum, chandelier”)
- coinnleoir iarainn (“sconce, flat candle-holder”)
- coinnleoir Muire (“goldfinch”)
- coinnleoir óir (“linnet”)
- coinnleoireacht (“candle-lighting, illumination; (act of) catching fish, birds, with lights; ‘lamping’”)
- cró coinnleora (“socket of candlestick, sconce”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coinnleoir | choinnleoir | gcoinnleoir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinnleoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN