coinneáil

Irish

Alternative forms

• coinneáilt
• coingbheáil, coingeáil, coinghbheáil, coinneál, coinneált, congáil, congbháil, congbháilt, congmháil (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish congbál. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cumail and Manx cummal.

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲalʲ/, /ˈkɪn̠ʲæl̠ʲtʲ/ (corresponding to the form coinneáilt)

Noun

coinneáil f (genitive singular coinneála)

1. verbal noun of coinnigh (“keep”)
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

• coinneáil ama (“timekeeping”)
• coinneáil chiste (“fundholding”)
• coinneáil chosanta (“protective custody”)
• coinneáil fuail (“water retention”)
• coinneáil istigh (“detention”)
• coinneáil scóir (“scoring”)
• coinneáil siar (“withholding”)
• coinneáil uisce (“fluid retention, water retention”)
• 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.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneáil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinneáil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinneáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN