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acaointeach
acaointeach
Irish
Alternative forms
- acaoineach
Adjective
acaointeach (genitive singular masculine acaointigh, genitive singular feminine acaointí, plural acaointeacha, comparative acaointí)
Declension
Declension of acaointeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | acaointeach | acaointeach¹ | acaointeacha³ | |
| Vocative | acaointigh¹ | acaointeach¹ | acaointeacha | |
| Genitive | acaointigh¹ | acaointí (obsolete) acaointighe |
acaointeacha | acaointeach |
| Dative | acaointeach² | acaointeach¹ (archaic) acaointigh¹ |
acaointeacha³ | |
| Comparative | acaointí (obsolete) acaointighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- acaoineadh m (“doleful crying; complaint, lamentation”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| acaointeach | n-acaointeach | hacaointeach | t-acaointeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "acaointeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 accaíntech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.