acmhainneach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish acmaingech.[3] 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
Declension
Declension of acmhainneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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

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

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. ^ 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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