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

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

achainí f pl

  1. plural of achaine

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
achainí n-achainí hachainí not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de 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. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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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