coinleach

Irish

Alternative forms

• caoinleach, coinlioch, coinnleach, condlach, conlach, connlach (obsolete)

Etymology

From connall (“stalk, stubble”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲlʲəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲl̠ʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠl̪ˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the form conlach)

Noun

coinleach m (genitive singular coinligh)

1. stubble (short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested)

Declension

Declension of coinleach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative coinleach vocative a choinligh genitive coinligh dative coinleach forms with the definite article singular nominative an coinleach genitive an choinligh dative leis an gcoinleach don choinleach

Derived terms

• coinleach féasoige (“stubble (on a person’s face, etc.)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinleach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinleach	choinleach	gcoinleach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coinnleaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 165
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN