coinleach
Irish
Alternative forms
- caoinleach, coinlioch, coinnleach, condlach, conlach, connlach (obsolete)
Etymology
From connall (“stalk, stubble”) + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲlʲəx/[1]
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲl̠ʲəx/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠl̪ˠa(x)/[3] (corresponding to the form conlach)
Noun
coinleach m (genitive singular coinligh)
- stubble (short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested)
Declension
Declension of coinleach
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Derived terms
- coinleach féasoige (“stubble (on a person’s face, etc.)”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coinleach | choinleach | gcoinleach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “coinleach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “connlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “coinnleaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 165.
- "coinleach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Brian Ó Cuív (1988) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 154, page 46
- Seán de Búrca (1970) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 133, page 27
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24