coinnle corra

Irish

Etymology

Literally ‘tapered candles’.

Noun

coinnle corra f pl (genitive plural coinnle corra)

(plural only) bluebell

Declension

Declension of coinnle corra

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	coinnle corra
Vocative	—	a choinnle corra
Genitive	—	coinnle corra
Dative	—	coinnle corra

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	na coinnle corra
Genitive	—	na gcoinnle corra
Dative	—	leis na coinnle corra

Derived terms

coinnle corra Spáinneacha (“Spanish bluebell”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinnle corra	choinnle corra	gcoinnle corra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinnle corra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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