coinneálach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]coinneálach (genitive singular masculine coinneálaigh, genitive singular feminine coinneálaí, plural coinneálacha, comparative coinneálaí)
- sustaining, supportive
- retentive, tenacious
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
- (medicine) continent
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | coinneálach | choinneálach | coinneálacha; choinneálacha2 | |
| vocative | choinneálaigh | coinneálacha | ||
| genitive | coinneálaí | coinneálacha | coinneálach | |
| dative | coinneálach; choinneálach1 |
choinneálach; choinneálaigh (archaic) |
coinneálacha; choinneálacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos coinneálaí | |||
| Superlative | is coinneálaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- coinneálacht (“retentiveness, retentivity”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| coinneálach | choinneálach | gcoinneálach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinneálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneálach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coinneálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024