coinneáil

Irish

Noun

coinneáil m (genitive coinneála)

1. Verbal noun of coinnigh.
2. maintenance
3. retention
4. detention
5. observance

Declension

Declension of coinneáil

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): 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

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinneáil	choinneáil	gcoinneáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.