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acmhainneach
acmhainneach
Irish
Adjective
acmhainneach (genitive singular masculine acmhainnigh, genitive singular feminine acmhainní, plural acmhainneacha, comparative acmhainní)
- strong, able to endure
- substantial, well-to-do
Declension
Declension of acmhainneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | acmhainneach | acmhainneach¹ | acmhainneacha³ | |
| Vocative | acmhainnigh¹ | acmhainneach¹ | acmhainneacha | |
| Genitive | acmhainnigh¹ | acmhainní (obsolete) acmhainnighe |
acmhainneacha | acmhainneach |
| Dative | acmhainneach² | acmhainneach¹ (archaic) acmhainnigh¹ |
acmhainneacha³ | |
| Comparative | acmhainní (obsolete) acmhainnighe |
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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
- acmhainneacht (“potential, ability”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| acmhainneach | n-acmhainneach | hacmhainneach | t-acmhainneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "acmhainneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.