acomhal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish accomol (“act of joining, bringing together; junction, meeting, union”), verbal noun of ad·comla (“joins, unites”).

Noun

acomhal m (genitive singular acomhail, nominative plural acomhail)

Declension

Declension of acomhal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acomhal	acomhail
Vocative	a acomhail	a acomhala
Genitive	acomhail	acomhal
Dative	acomhal	acomhail

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-acomhal	na hacomhail
Genitive	an acomhail	na n-acomhal
Dative	leis an acomhal don acomhal	leis na hacomhail

Derived terms

Terms derived from acomhal

acomhal bóithre m (“road junction”)
acomhal bosca buí m (“box junction”)
acomhal busanna m (“bus interchange”)
acomhal céimnithe m (“staggered junction”)
acomhal iarnróid m (“railway junction”)

acomhal mótarbhealaí m (“motorway interchange”)
acomhal mótarbhealaigh m (“motorway junction”)
acomhal spaigití m (“spaghetti junction”)
acomhal trasnaisc m (“crossover junction”)

acomhal trí bhealach m (“three-way junction”)
acomhlach (“conjunctive”, adjective)
stáisiún acomhail m (“junction station”)
T-acomhal m (“T-junction, T-intersection”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acomhal	n-acomhal	hacomhal	t-acomhal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"acomhal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“accomol” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “acomhal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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