cumhachtach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cumhachtaidh (noun)

Etymology

From Old Irish cumachtach. By surface analysis, cumhacht +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cumhachtach (genitive singular masculine cumhachtaigh, genitive singular feminine cumhachtaí, plural cumhachtacha, comparative cumhachtaí)

1. powerful

Declension

Declension of cumhachtach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cumhachtach	chumhachtach	cumhachtacha; chumhachtacha²
Vocative	chumhachtaigh		cumhachtacha
Genitive		cumhachtaí	cumhachtacha	cumhachtach
Dative	cumhachtach; chumhachtach¹	chumhachtach; chumhachtaigh (archaic)	cumhachtacha; chumhachtacha²
Comparative	níos cumhachtaí
Superlative	is cumhachtaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

cumhachtach m (genitive singular cumhachtaigh, nominative plural cumhachtaigh)

1. (literary) person with supernatural powers, magician

Declension

Declension of cumhachtach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cumhachtach cumhachtaigh Vocative a chumhachtaigh a chumhachtacha Genitive cumhachtaigh cumhachtach Dative cumhachtach cumhachtaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cumhachtach na cumhachtaigh Genitive an chumhachtaigh na gcumhachtach Dative leis an gcumhachtach don chumhachtach leis na cumhachtaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cumhachtach	chumhachtach	gcumhachtach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cumhachtach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁaċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 215
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumhachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cumhachtach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cumhachtach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.