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

Declension of coinneálacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative coinneálacht Vocative a choinneálacht Genitive coinneálachta Dative coinneálacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an choinneálacht Genitive na coinneálachta Dative leis an gcoinneálacht don choinneálacht

Related terms

• 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinneálacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coinneálacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coinneálacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024