acmhainneach

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Related terms

• acmhainneacht f (“potential, ability”)

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.

Further reading

• 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