coinnigh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish congbaid, from Old Irish con·gaib.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcoinnigh (present analytic coinníonn, future analytic coinneoidh, verbal noun coinneáil, past participle coinnithe) (transitive)
Conjugation
editconjugation of coinnigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- coinnigh amach ó (“to keep away from”)
- coinnigh amuigh (“keep out”)
- coinnigh ar (“keep at”)
- coinnigh istigh (“keep in”)
- coinnigh le (“catch, meet up with”)
- coinnigh ó (“refrain from”)
- coinnigh siar (“to keep back, withhold”)
- coinnigh síos (“keep down”)
- coinnigh suas (“keep up”)
- coinnigh suas le (“to keep up with”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coinnigh | choinnigh | gcoinnigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinnigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·gaib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “congḃaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinnigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coinnigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024