acmhainn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish accmaing (“encompassing”),[1] from Old Irish accmac, verbal noun of ad·cumaing (“reaches, extends to, attains to”).

Pronunciation

Noun

acmhainn f (genitive singular acmhainne)

  1. capacity, endurance
  2. means, resources; potentialities
    Synonyms: maoin, gustal
  3. equipment, gear

Declension

Declension of acmhainn

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative acmhainn
Vocative a acmhainn
Genitive acmhainne
Dative acmhainn

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an acmhainn
Genitive na hacmhainne
Dative leis an acmhainn

don acmhainn

Derived terms

  • anacmhainn f (“weakness; lack of means”)
  • acmhainneach (“strong, able to endure; substantial, well-to-do”, adjective)
  • acmhainneacht f (“potential; ability; adequacy”)

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accmaing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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