coinneálacht

Irish

Etymology

From coinneáil (maintenance; retention; detention; observance) + -acht.

Noun

coinneálacht f (genitive singular coinneálachta)

  1. retentiveness, retentivity
  2. (medicine) continence
    Antonym: neamhchoinneálacht

Declension

  • coinneálach (sustaining, supportive; retentive, tenacious)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coinneálacht choinneálacht gcoinneálacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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