cumhachd

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • comhachd, cumachda

Etymology

From Old Irish cumachtae (power, strength, might).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰũ.əxɡ/

Noun

cumhachd m or f (genitive singular cumhachd, plural cumhachdan)

  1. power, might, force
  2. influence

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cumhachdchumhachd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cumhachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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