cainéal
Irish
Alternative forms
- caineal, cainel, cainél, caineul, cainnéal, canel (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English canel, from Old French canele, from Medieval Latin canella, a diminutive of canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Noun
cainéal m (genitive singular cainéil)
- cinnamon
Declension
Declension of cainéal
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Etymology 2
From Middle English canel (variant of chanel), from Anglo-Norman canel, from Old French chanel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”) (see Etymology 1 above). Doublet of canáil.
Noun
cainéal m (genitive singular cainéil, nominative plural cainéil)
- channel (for water)
- (broadcasting) channel (on television etc.)
- Synonym: bealach
Declension
Declension of cainéal
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cainéal | chainéal | gcainéal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cainéal” 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) , “cainél “cinnamon””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “cainnéal “channel”” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 106.
- "cainéal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.