canáil

See also: canail and canàil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of cainéal “channel”.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈn̪ˠɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠalʲ/

Noun

canáil f (genitive singular canála, nominative plural canálacha)

1. canal

Declension

Declension of canáil (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative canáil canálacha vocative a chanáil a chanálacha genitive canála canálacha dative canáil canálacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chanáil na canálacha genitive na canála na gcanálacha dative leis an gcanáil don chanáil leis na canálacha

Derived terms

• athshlánú canálacha (“canal rehabilitation”)
• bád canála (“canal boat”)
• báirse canála (“canal barge”)
• calafort canála (“canal harbour”)
• canáil an bhia (“alimentary canal”)
• canáil bhléineach (“inguinal canal”)
• canáil cheangail (“junction canal”)
• canáil chloisteála (“auditory canal”)
• canáil chomhlaí (“sluiceway”)
• canáil draenála (“drainage canal”)
• canáil Havers (“Haversian canal”)
• canáil i mbaile mór (“town canal”)
• canáil leathchiorclach (“semicircular canal”)
• canáil loinge (“ship canal”)
• canáil mhuirí (“maritime canal”)
• canáil na cluaise (“ear canal”)
• canáil na faighne (“birth canal”)
• canáil na sine (“teat canal”)
• canáil rochtana (“access canal”)
• canáil roisín (“resin canal”)
• canáil sheachtrach chloisteála (“external auditory canal”)
• canáil shiofónach (“siphonal canal”)
• canáil tarae uachtair (“headrace canal”)
• comhla chanála (“canal sluice”)
• cuaille faid canála (“canal distance post”)
• cuarchanáil (“ring canal”)
• droichead canála (“canal bridge”)
• duga tirim canála (“canal drydock”)
• loc canála (“canal lock”)
• néarchanáil (“neural canal”)
• óstán canála (“canal hotel”)
• príomhchanáil (“main canal”)
• seach-chanáil (“deviation canal, bypass canal”)
• stóras canála (“canal warehouse”)
• tinneas canála (“canal sickness”)
• uiscerian canála (“canal aqueduct”)
• uisciú canálacha (“canal irrigation”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of canáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canáil	chanáil	gcanáil

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