acaointeach

== Irish == === Alternative forms === acaoineach, acmhainneach === Etymology === From Old Irish accaíntech (“plaintive, querulous, complaining”), from accaíned (“act of complaining; complaint, lamentation”). By surface analysis, acaoineadh, acaointe (“doleful crying; complaint, lamentation”) +‎ -ach. === Adjective === acaointeach (genitive singular masculine acaointigh, genitive singular feminine acaointí, plural acaointeacha, comparative acaointí) plaintive, doleful ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== acaoineadh m (“doleful crying; complaint, lamentation”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “acaointeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 accaíntech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language