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)

  1. joining, juncture
  2. junction

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
  • 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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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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