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). Doublet of cainéal “channel”.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈn̪ˠɑːlʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠɑːlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠalʲ/

Noun

canáil f (genitive singular canála, nominative plural canálacha)

canal

Declension

Declension of canáil (third declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	canáil	canálacha
vocative	a chanáil	a chanálacha
genitive	canála	canálacha
dative	canáil	canálacha

forms with the definite article
	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

Mutated forms of *canáil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
canáil	chanáil	gcanáil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.