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coinneálach

Irish

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Etymology

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From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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coinneálach (genitive singular masculine coinneálaigh, genitive singular feminine coinneálaí, plural coinneálacha, comparative coinneálaí)

  1. sustaining, supportive
  2. retentive, tenacious
    Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
  3. (medicine) continent
    Antonym: neamhchoinneálach

Declension

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Declension of coinneálach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative coinneálach choinneálach coinneálacha;
choinneálacha²
Vocative choinneálaigh coinneálacha
Genitive coinneálaí coinneálacha coinneálach
Dative coinneálach;
choinneálach¹ 		choinneálach;
choinneálaigh (archaic) 		coinneálacha;
choinneálacha²
Comparative níos coinneálaí
Superlative is coinneálaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coinneálach choinneálach gcoinneálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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