coinnleoir
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish caindlóir (“candle bearer, acolyte”), from Latin candelārius.[1] By surface analysis, coinneal (“candle”) + -óir.
Noun
coinnleoir m (genitive singular coinnleora, nominative plural coinnleoirí)
- (literary) candle-bearer
- candlestick
- (figuratively) beanpole (tall, thin person)
Declension
Declension of coinnleoir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (tall, thin person): cuaille m, léanscach m, pícealach m, sciúirse m, sínéalach m, spiacán m, spíce (de dhuine) m, spícéad m, spídéalach m, sreangaire m, sreangán m
Derived terms
- coinnleoir craobhach (“candelabrum, chandelier”)
- coinnleoir iarainn (“sconce, flat candle-holder”)
- coinnleoir Muire (“goldfinch”)
- coinnleoir óir (“linnet”)
- coinnleoireacht (“candle-lighting”)
- cró coinnleora (“socket of candlestick, sconce”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coinnleoir | choinnleoir | gcoinnleoir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caindleóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinnleoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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