coinicéar

Irish

Alternative forms

• coinigéar

Etymology

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Compare Latin cuningeria, Welsh cwningar.

Noun

coinicéar m or f (genitive singular coinicéir or coinicéarach, nominative plural coinicéir)

1. warren (system of burrows where rabbits live)

Declension

Declension of coinicéar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coinicéar coinicéir Vocative a choinicéir a choinicéara Genitive coinicéir coinicéar Dative coinicéar coinicéir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coinicéar na coinicéir Genitive an choinicéir na gcoinicéar Dative leis an gcoinicéar don choinicéar leis na coinicéir

Derived terms

• maor coinicéir
• poll coinicéir, súil choinicéir

Related terms

• coinín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinicéar	choinicéar	gcoinicéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinicéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “coinicéar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “coinicéar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.