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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish acmaingech. By surface analysis, acmhainn (“capacity”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

acmhainneach (genitive singular masculine acmhainnigh, genitive singular feminine acmhainní, plural acmhainneacha, comparative acmhainní)

  1. strong, able to endure
  2. substantial, well-to-do
  3. (of a craft) seaworthy
    Synonym: muiracmhainneach
Declension
Declension of acmhainneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative acmhainneach acmhainneach acmhainneacha
vocative acmhainnigh acmhainneacha
genitive acmhainní acmhainneacha acmhainneach
dative acmhainneach acmhainneach;
acmhainnigh (archaic) 		acmhainneacha
Comparative níos acmhainní
Superlative is acmhainní

Etymology 2

From acmhainn (“capacity, endurance; means, resources”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

acmhainneach (genitive singular masculine acmhainnigh, genitive singular feminine acmhainní, plural acmhainneacha, comparative acmhainní)

  1. alternative form of acaointeach (“plaintive, doleful”)
Declension
Declension of acmhainneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative acmhainneach acmhainneach acmhainneacha
vocative acmhainnigh acmhainneacha
genitive acmhainní acmhainneacha acmhainneach
dative acmhainneach acmhainneach;
acmhainnigh (archaic) 		acmhainneacha
Comparative níos acmhainní
Superlative is acmhainní

Mutation

Mutated forms of acmhainneach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acmhainneach n-acmhainneach hacmhainneach not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “acmhainneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 229, page 116
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 70, page 18
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21
  5. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 246, page 87; reprinted 1979
  6. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 225
  7. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accmaingech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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