coinnleoir

Irish

Etymology

From coinneal (candle) + -óir.

Noun

coinnleoir m (genitive singular coinnleora, nominative plural coinnleoirí)

  1. (literary) candle-bearer
  2. candlestick
  3. (figuratively) tall, thin person
  4. night-poacher

Declension

Synonyms

  • (tall, thin person): cuaille m, léanscach m, pícealach m, sciúirse m, sínéalach m, spiacán m, spíce (de dhuine) m, spícéad m, spídéalach m, sreangaire m, sreangán m

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coinnleoir choinnleoir gcoinnleoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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