coinnleoir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caindlóir (“candle bearer, acolyte”), from Latin candelārius. By surface analysis, coinneal (“candle”) +‎ -óir.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /kaiɲˈlʲoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲl̠ʲɔɾʲ/

Noun

coinnleoir m (genitive singular coinnleora, nominative plural coinnleoirí)

1. (literary) candle-bearer
2. candlestick
3. (figuratively) beanpole (tall, thin person)

Declension

Declension of coinnleoir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coinnleoir coinnleoirí vocative a choinnleoir a choinnleoirí genitive coinnleora coinnleoirí dative coinnleoir coinnleoirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coinnleoir na coinnleoirí genitive an choinnleora na gcoinnleoirí dative leis an gcoinnleoir don choinnleoir leis na coinnleoirí

Synonyms

• (tall, thin person): cuaille m, léanscach m, pícealach m, sciúirse m, sínéalach m, spiacán m, spíce (de dhuine) m, spícéad m, spídéalach m, sreangaire m, sreangán m

Derived terms

• coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum, chandelier”)
• coinnleoir iarainn (“sconce, flat candle-holder”)
• coinnleoir Muire (“goldfinch”)
• coinnleoir óir (“linnet”)
• coinnleoireacht (“candle-lighting”)
• cró coinnleora (“socket of candlestick, sconce”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of coinnleoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coinnleoir	choinnleoir	gcoinnleoir

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) “coinnleoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN