acmhainn

Irish

From Middle Irish accmaing (“encompassing”),^[1] from Old Irish accmac, verbal noun of ad·cumaing (“reaches, extends to, attains to”).

(Munster) IPA^(key): (Waterford) /ˈakɪɲ/^[2]; (Cork) /ˈɑkfˠɪɲ/^[3], (Kerry) /ˈɑkfˠɪn̠ʲ/ (as if spelled acfuinn)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈakuːn̠ʲ/^[4]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈakuːn̠ʲ/^[5], (North Donegal, also) /ˈakən̠ʲ/^[6]

acmhainn f (genitive singular acmhainne)

Declension of acmhainn (second declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an acmhainn
genitive	na hacmhainne
dative	leis an acmhainn don acmhainn

Mutated forms of *acmhainn*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acmhainn	n-acmhainn	hacmhainn	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accmaing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 541, page 141
^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 69, page 18; reprinted 1988
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 52, page 14
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21
^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 225