canáil

See also: canail and canàil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of cainéal “channel”.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈn̪ˠɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠalʲ/

Noun

canáil f (genitive singular canála, nominative plural canálacha)

1. canal

Declension

Declension of canáil

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative canáil canálacha Vocative a chanáil a chanálacha Genitive canála canálacha Dative canáil canálacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chanáil na canálacha Genitive na canála na gcanálacha Dative leis an gcanáil don chanáil leis na canálacha

Derived terms

• athshlánú canálacha (“canal rehabilitation”)
• bád canála (“canal boat”)
• báirse canála (“canal barge”)
• calafort canála (“canal harbour”)
• canáil an bhia (“alimentary canal”)
• canáil bhléineach (“inguinal canal”)
• canáil cheangail (“junction canal”)
• canáil chloisteála (“auditory canal”)
• canáil chomhlaí (“sluiceway”)
• canáil draenála (“drainage canal”)
• canáil Havers (“Haversian canal”)
• canáil i mbaile mór (“town canal”)
• canáil leathchiorclach (“semicircular canal”)
• canáil loinge (“ship canal”)
• canáil mhuirí (“maritime canal”)
• canáil na cluaise (“ear canal”)
• canáil na faighne (“birth canal”)
• canáil na sine (“teat canal”)
• canáil rochtana (“access canal”)
• canáil roisín (“resin canal”)
• canáil sheachtrach chloisteála (“external auditory canal”)
• canáil shiofónach (“siphonal canal”)
• canáil tarae uachtair (“headrace canal”)
• comhla chanála (“canal sluice”)
• cuaille faid canála (“canal distance post”)
• cuarchanáil (“ring canal”)
• droichead canála (“canal bridge”)
• duga tirim canála (“canal drydock”)
• loc canála (“canal lock”)
• néarchanáil (“neural canal”)
• óstán canála (“canal hotel”)
• príomhchanáil (“main canal”)
• seach-chanáil (“deviation canal, bypass canal”)
• stóras canála (“canal warehouse”)
• tinneas canála (“canal sickness”)
• uiscerian canála (“canal aqueduct”)
• uisciú canálacha (“canal irrigation”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
canáil	chanáil	gcanáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.