cumhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

cumhachta

Etymology

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

Noun

cumhacht f (genitive singular cumhachta, nominative plural cumhachtaí)

power
1. authority, influence
2. authorization
3. might, strength
  Proverb: Dhá dtrian córa cumhacht. ― Might is (two-thirds) right.
4. (magical, supernatural) power
5. (mechanics) energy
6. (mathematics) power

Declension

Declension of cumhacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cumhacht	cumhachtaí
Vocative	a chumhacht	a chumhachtaí
Genitive	cumhachta	cumhachtaí
Dative	cumhacht	cumhachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chumhacht	na cumhachtaí
Genitive	na cumhachta	na gcumhachtaí
Dative	leis an gcumhacht don chumhacht	leis na cumhachtaí

Variant genitive plural: cumhacht

Derived terms

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

Irish mutation
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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Entries containing “cumhacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cumhacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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