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).
Declension
Declension of cainéal
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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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
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cainél “cinnamon””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cainnéal “channel””, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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