acmhainneacht

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Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

acmhainneacht f (genitive singular acmhainneachta)

  1. potential
    Synonyms: cumas, poitéinseal
  2. ability
    Synonyms: ábaltacht, cumas
  3. (linguistics) adequacy

Declension

Declension of acmhainneacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative acmhainneacht
vocative a acmhainneacht
genitive acmhainneachta
dative acmhainneacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an acmhainneacht
genitive na hacmhainneachta
dative leis an acmhainneacht
don acmhainneacht
  • acmhainneach (“strong, able to endure; substantial, well-to-do”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acmhainneacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
acmhainneacht n-acmhainneacht hacmhainneacht not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “acmhainneacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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