canáil

See also: canail and canàil

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

canáil f (genitive singular canála, nominative plural canálacha)

  1. canal

Declension
Declension of canáil

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canáil canálacha
Vocative a chanáil a chanálacha
Genitive canála canálacha
Dative canáil canálacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chanáil na canálacha
Genitive na canála na gcanálacha
Dative leis an gcanáil

don chanáil

 leis na canálacha

Derived terms
  • athshlánú canálacha (“canal rehabilitation”)
  • bád canála (“canal boat”)
  • báirse canála (“canal barge”)
  • calafort canála (“canal harbour”)
  • canáil an bhia (“alimentary canal”)
  • canáil bhléineach (“inguinal canal”)
  • canáil cheangail (“junction canal”)
  • canáil chloisteála (“auditory canal”)
  • canáil chomhlaí (“sluiceway”)
  • canáil draenála (“drainage canal”)
  • canáil Havers (“Haversian canal”)
  • canáil i mbaile mór (“town canal”)
  • canáil leathchiorclach (“semicircular canal”)
  • canáil loinge (“ship canal”)
  • canáil mhuirí (“maritime canal”)
  • canáil na cluaise (“ear canal”)
  • canáil na faighne (“birth canal”)
  • canáil na sine (“teat canal”)
  • canáil rochtana (“access canal”)
  • canáil roisín (“resin canal”)
  • canáil sheachtrach chloisteála (“external auditory canal”)
  • canáil shiofónach (“siphonal canal”)
  • canáil tarae uachtair (“headrace canal”)
  • comhla chanála (“canal sluice”)
  • cuaille faid canála (“canal distance post”)
  • cuarchanáil (“ring canal”)
  • droichead canála (“canal bridge”)
  • duga tirim canála (“canal drydock”)
  • loc canála (“canal lock”)
  • néarchanáil (“neural canal”)
  • óstán canála (“canal hotel”)
  • príomhchanáil (“main canal”)
  • seach-chanáil (“deviation canal, bypass canal”)
  • stóras canála (“canal warehouse”)
  • tinneas canála (“canal sickness”)
  • uiscerian canála (“canal aqueduct”)
  • uisciú canálacha (“canal irrigation”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
canáil chanáil gcanáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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