coinicéar

Irish

Alternative forms

• coinigéar

Etymology

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Compare Latin cuningeria, Welsh cwningar.

Noun

coinicéar m or f (genitive singular coinicéir or coinicéarach, nominative plural coinicéir)

1. warren (system of burrows where rabbits live)

Declension

Declension of coinicéar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coinicéar coinicéir vocative a choinicéir a choinicéara genitive coinicéir coinicéar dative coinicéar coinicéir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coinicéar na coinicéir genitive an choinicéir na gcoinicéar dative leis an gcoinicéar don choinicéar leis na coinicéir

Derived terms

• maor coinicéir
• poll coinicéir, súil choinicéir

Related terms

• coinín

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinicéar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinicéar	choinicéar	gcoinicéar

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinicéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinicéar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinicéar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025