acmhainneacht

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

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): 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

Related terms

• acmhainneach (“strong, able to endure; substantial, well-to-do”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acmhainneacht	n-acmhainneacht	hacmhainneacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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