coinneal
Irish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.[1]
Displaced native íotharna (“(tallow)-candle, rushlight”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)
Declension
[edit]- Alternative genitive plural: coinneal
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caindel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, plural coinnlean)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caindel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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