acmhainneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From acmhainn (“capacity, endurance; means, resources”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]acmhainneach (genitive singular masculine acmhainnigh, genitive singular feminine acmhainní, plural acmhainneacha, comparative acmhainní)
- strong, able to endure
- substantial, well-to-do
Related terms
[edit]- acmhainneacht f (“potential, ability”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From acmhainn (“capacity, endurance; means, resources”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]acmhainneach (genitive singular masculine acmhainnigh, genitive singular feminine acmhainní, plural acmhainneacha, comparative acmhainní)
- Alternative form of acaointeach (“plaintive, doleful”)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]| 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. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acmhainneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acmhainneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “acmhainneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024