coinneálach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
coinneálach (genitive singular masculine coinneálaigh, genitive singular feminine coinneálaí, plural coinneálacha, comparative coinneálaí)
- sustaining, supportive
- retentive, tenacious
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
- (medicine) continent
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálach
Declension[edit]
Declension of coinneálach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | coinneálach | choinneálach | coinneálacha; choinneálacha² | |
Vocative | choinneálaigh | coinneálacha | ||
Genitive | coinneálaí | coinneálacha | coinneálach | |
Dative | coinneálach; choinneálach¹ |
choinneálach; choinneálaigh (archaic) |
coinneálacha; choinneálacha² | |
Comparative | níos coinneálaí | |||
Superlative | is coinneálaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms[edit]
- coinneálacht (“retentiveness, retentivity”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coinneálach | choinneálach | gcoinneálach |
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) “coinneálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “coinneálach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coinneálach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.