coinneálacht
Irish
Etymology
From coinneáil (“maintenance; retention; detention; observance”) + -acht.
Noun
coinneálacht f (genitive singular coinneálachta)
- retentiveness, retentivity
- (medicine) continence
- Antonym: neamhchoinneálacht
Declension
Declension of coinneálacht
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
| Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
- coinneálach (“sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coinneálacht | choinneálacht | gcoinneálacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coinneálacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “coinneálacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coinneálacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.