mórchumhachtach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mórchumhacht + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]mórchumhachtach (genitive singular masculine mórchumhachtaigh, genitive singular feminine mórchumhachtaí, plural mórchumhachtacha, comparative mórchumhachtaí)
- exercising great power, mighty
- omnipotent
- Synonym: ollchumhachtach
- (mechanics) high-powered
- Synonym: ardchumhachta
Declension
[edit]Declension of mórchumhachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | mórchumhachtach | mhórchumhachtach | mórchumhachtacha; mhórchumhachtacha² | |
| Vocative | mhórchumhachtaigh | mórchumhachtacha | ||
| Genitive | mórchumhachtaí | mórchumhachtacha | mórchumhachtach | |
| Dative | mórchumhachtach; mhórchumhachtach¹ |
mhórchumhachtach; mhórchumhachtaigh (archaic) |
mórchumhachtacha; mhórchumhachtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos mórchumhachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is mórchumhachtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mórchumhachtach | mhórchumhachtach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mórchumhachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mórchumhachtach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “mórchumhachtach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024