coinneáil

Irish

Alternative forms

• coinneáilt
• coingbheáil, coingeáil, coinghbheáil, coinneál, coinneált, congáil, congbháil, congbháilt, congmháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish congbál. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cumail and Manx cummal.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈnʲɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲalʲ/, /ˈkɪn̠ʲæl̠ʲtʲ/ (corresponding to the form coinneáilt)

Noun

coinneáil f (genitive singular coinneála)

1. verbal noun of coinnigh (“keep”)
2. maintenance
3. retention
4. detention
5. observance

Declension

Declension of coinneáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative coinneáil vocative a choinneáil genitive coinneála dative coinneáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an choinneáil genitive na coinneála dative leis an gcoinneáil don choinneáil

Derived terms

• coinneáil ama (“timekeeping”)
• coinneáil chiste (“fundholding”)
• coinneáil chosanta (“protective custody”)
• coinneáil fuail (“water retention”)
• coinneáil istigh (“detention”)
• coinneáil scóir (“scoring”)
• coinneáil siar (“withholding”)
• coinneáil uisce (“fluid retention, water retention”)
• coinneálach (“sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious”)
• coinneálacht (“retentiveness, retentivity”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinneáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinneáil	choinneáil	gcoinneáil

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneáil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinneáil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinneáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN