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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of acaointeach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acaointeach n-acaointeach hacaointeach not applicable

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

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