coinneal

Irish

coinneal

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.

Displaced native íotharna (“(tallow)-candle, rushlight”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪnʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)

Declension

Declension of coinneal

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coinneal	coinnle
Vocative	a choinneal	a choinnle
Genitive	coinnle	coinnle
Dative	coinneal	coinnle

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an choinneal	na coinnle
Genitive	na coinnle	na gcoinnle
Dative	leis an gcoinneal don choinneal	leis na coinnle

Alternative genitive plural: coinneal

Derived terms

Terms derived from coinneal

aolchoinneal f (“stalagmite”)
céir choinnle f (“candle wax”)
coinnealbháigh (“excommunicate”, transitive verb)
coinnealchumhacht f (“candle-power”)
coinneal oíche f (“evening primrose”)

coinnealóir m (“chandler”)
coinnealra m (“candelabrum”)
coinnle adhanta f pl (“torch of valour”) (of person)
coinnle an phúca f pl (“dark mullein”)
coinnle bána f pl (“white mullein”)

coinnle bhraonáin f pl, coinnle reo f pl (“icicle”)
coinnle corra f pl (“wild hyacinth, bluebell”)
coinnle Muire f pl (“great mullein, common mullein”)
ruamann na gcoinneal m (“daddy-long-legs”)
solas coinnle m (“candlelight”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinneal	choinneal	gcoinneal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“caindel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"coinneal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “coinneal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “coinneal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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