coinneálacht

Irish

Etymology

From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

coinneálacht f (genitive singular coinneálachta)

1. retentiveness, retentivity
2. (medicine) continence

   Antonym: neamhchoinneálacht

Declension

Declension of coinneálacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative coinneálacht vocative a choinneálacht genitive coinneálachta dative coinneálacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an choinneálacht genitive na coinneálachta dative leis an gcoinneálacht don choinneálacht

Related terms

• coinneálach (“sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinneálacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinneálacht	choinneálacht	gcoinneálacht

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