cainéal

• caineal, cainel, cainél, caineul, cainnéal, canel (obsolete)

From Middle English canel, from Old French canele, from Medieval Latin canella, a diminutive of canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

cainéal m (genitive singular cainéil)

1. cinnamon

From Middle English canel (variant of chanel), from Anglo-Norman canel, from Old French chanel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”) (see Etymology 1 above). Doublet of canáil.

cainéal m (genitive singular cainéil, nominative plural cainéil)

1. channel (for water)
2. (broadcasting) channel (on television etc.)

   Synonym: bealach

• “cainéal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainél “cinnamon””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cainnéal “channel””, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN