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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of acmhainneacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acmhainneacht	n-acmhainneacht	hacmhainneacht	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “acmhainneacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025