acaointeach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish accaíntech (“plaintive, querulous, complaining”), from accaíned (“act of complaining; complaint, lamentation”). By surface analysis, acaoineadh, acaointe (“doleful crying; complaint, lamentation”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

acaointeach (genitive singular masculine acaointigh, genitive singular feminine acaointí, plural acaointeacha, comparative acaointí)

  1. plaintive, doleful

Declension

Declension of acaointeach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative acaointeach acaointeach acaointeacha
Vocative acaointigh acaointeacha
Genitive acaointí acaointeacha acaointeach
Dative acaointeach acaointeach;
acaointigh (archaic) 		acaointeacha
Comparative níos acaointí
Superlative is acaointí
  • acaoineadh m (“doleful crying; complaint, lamentation”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acaointeach n-acaointeach hacaointeach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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