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/[1] (corresponding to the form coinneáilt)

Noun

coinneáil f (genitive singular coinneála)

verbal noun of coinnigh (“keep”)
maintenance
retention
detention
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.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

Further reading

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

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