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coinnigh

coinnigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • coingibh (obsolete)
  • congaibh (obsolete)
  • congbhuigh (obsolete)

Verb

coinnigh (present analytic coinníonn, future analytic coinneoidh, verbal noun coinneáil, past participle coinnithe)

  1. (transitive) keep, maintain
  2. (transitive) retain, hold
  3. (transitive) store
  4. (transitive) detain
  5. (transitive) remain in (on)
  6. (transitive) observe
  7. (transitive, with various prepositions and adverbs)
    1. (with ar) keep at
    2. (with ó) refrain from
    3. (with amach ó) keep away from
    4. (with síos, suas) keep down, up
    5. (with suas le) keep up with
    6. (with amuigh) keep out
    7. (with istigh) keep in
    8. (with siar) keep back, withhold
    9. (with le) catch, meet up with

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • coinnigh amach ó (to keep away from)
  • coinnigh suas le (to keep up with)
  • coinnigh siar (to keep back, withhold)

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coinnigh choinnigh gcoinnigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • con·gaib” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “congḃaim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "coinnigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.