coinneal

Irish
coinneal

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.[1]

Displaced native íotharna (“(tallow)-candle, rushlight”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, nominative plural coinnle)

  1. candle
  2. torch
  3. light, glint

Declension
Declension of coinneal

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coinneal coinnle
Vocative a choinneal a choinnle
Genitive coinnle coinnle
Dative coinneal coinnle

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an choinneal na coinnle
Genitive na coinnle na gcoinnle
Dative leis an gcoinneal

don choinneal

 leis na coinnle
  • Alternative genitive plural: coinneal

Derived terms
  • aolchoinneal f (“stalagmite”)
  • céir choinnle f (“candle wax”)
  • coinneal oíche f (“evening primrose”)
  • coinnealbháigh (“excommunicate”, transitive verb)
  • coinnealchumhacht f (“candle-power”)
  • coinnealóir m (“chandler”)
  • coinnealra m (“candelabrum”)
  • coinnle adhanta f pl (“torch of valour (of person)”)
  • coinnle an phúca f pl (“dark mullein”)
  • coinnle bána f pl (“white mullein”)
  • coinnle bhraonáin f pl (“icicles”)
  • coinnle corra f pl (“wild hyacinth, bluebell”)
  • coinnle Muire f pl (“great mullein, common mullein”)
  • coinnle reo f pl (“icicles”)
  • ruamann na gcoinneal m (“daddy-long-legs”)
  • solas coinnle m (“candlelight”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coinneal choinneal gcoinneal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caindel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 90

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic
coinneal

Etymology

From Old Irish caindel, from Latin candēla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɤɲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

coinneal f (genitive singular coinnle, plural coinnlean)

  1. candle

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coinnealchoinneal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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