achainí

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /axəˈnʲiː/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈaxənʲiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaxɪɲə/[2] (corresponding to the form achuinge)

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish athchuingid.[3] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic athchuinge.

Alternative forms

  • achaine
  • achainighe, achuinge, achuinghe, achuinghidh, achuingidh, achuingí, aithchuinge, aithchuinghidh, athchuinge, athchuinghe, athchuinghidh, athchuinghidhe, athchuinghí, athchuingidh, athchuingidhe, athchuingighe, athchuingí, athchuinighe (obsolete)[4]

Noun

achainí f (genitive singular achainí, nominative plural achainíocha)

  1. verbal noun of achainigh
  2. request, entreaty, petition
    Synonym: impí
Declension
Declension of achainí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative achainí achainíocha
vocative a achainí a achainíocha
genitive achainí achainíocha
dative achainí achainíocha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an achainí na hachainíocha
genitive na hachainí na n-achainíocha
dative leis an achainí
don achainí 		leis na hachainíocha

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

achainí f pl

  1. plural of achaine

Mutation

Mutated forms of achainí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
achainí n-achainí hachainí not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 62, page 32
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 306, page 108
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 athchuingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ “achainí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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