cumhacht
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cumachtae (“power, strength, might”).
Noun[edit]
cumhacht f (genitive singular cumhachta, nominative plural cumhachtaí)
- power
- authority, influence
- authorization
- might, strength
- Proverb: Dhá dtrian córa cumhacht. ― Might is (two-thirds) right.
- (magical, supernatural) power
- (mechanics) energy
- (mathematics) power
Declension[edit]
Declension of cumhacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Variant genitive plural: cumhacht
Derived terms[edit]
- anchumhacht (“tyrannical power”)
- ardchumhacht (“higher power”)
- ardchumhachta (“high-powered”)
- borradh cumhachta (“power surge”)
- comhla chumhachta (“power-valve”)
- cumhacht aturnae (“power of attorney”)
- cumhachtach (“powerful”, adjective)
- cumhachtaigh (“empower”, verb)
- cumhachtstáisiún (“power station”)
- each-chumhacht (“horsepower”)
- gléasra cumhachta (“powertrain, drivetrain”)
- hidreachumhacht (“hydropower”)
- mórchumhacht (“great power, great authority”)
- uilechumhacht (“omnipotence”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cumhacht | chumhacht | gcumhacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cumhacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cumhacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024