coirnéal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coirneal, coirneál, cóirneal, cóirneál, cóirnéal, coirneul, coirnéul, cóirneul, cornal, córnal, cornnal (obsolete)[1]

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Middle English cornel, from Anglo-Norman cornal, a dissimilated variant of cornere.

    Noun

    coirnéal m (genitive singular coirnéil, nominative plural)

    1. corner
    Declension
    Declension of coirnéal (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative coirnéal coirnéil
    vocative a choirnéil a choirnéala
    genitive coirnéil coirnéal
    dative coirnéal coirnéil
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an coirnéal na coirnéil
    genitive an choirnéil na gcoirnéal
    dative leis an gcoirnéal
    don choirnéal
    leis na coirnéil

    Etymology 2

      From English coronel (obsolete form of colonel, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment), from compagna colonnella (little column company), from Latin columna (pillar), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (a pillar, top, crown, summit), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (to rise, be elevated, be prominent).

      Noun

      coirnéal m (genitive singular coirnéil, nominative plural)

      1. colonel
      Declension
      Declension of coirnéal (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative coirnéal coirnéil
      vocative a choirnéil a choirnéala
      genitive coirnéil coirnéal
      dative coirnéal coirnéil
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an coirnéal na coirnéil
      genitive an choirnéil na gcoirnéal
      dative leis an gcoirnéal
      don choirnéal
      leis na coirnéil
      Derived terms
      • coirnéalacht

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of coirnéal
      radical lenition eclipsis
      coirnéal choirnéal gcoirnéal

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      1. ^ coirnéal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
      2. ^ coirnéal”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
      3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 24, page 11
      4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

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