cumachtae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cumacte

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *komonxtyom (compare Welsh cyfoeth), from the root of *annketi (compare con·icc (“to be able”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.β̃əx.t̪e/
  • (Blasse) [ˈku.β̃ax.t̪e]
  • (Griffith) [ˈku.β̃əx.t̪e]

Noun

cumachtae n

1. power, strength, might

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cumachtae.

Declension

Neuter io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cumachtaeN	—	—
vocative	cumachtaeN	—	—
accusative	cumachtaeN	—	—
genitive	cumachtaiL	—	—
dative	cumachtuL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cumachtach

Descendants

• Irish: cumhacht
• Manx: cummaght
• Scottish Gaelic: cumhachd

Mutation

Mutation of cumachtae

radical	lenition	nasalization
cumachtae	chumachtae	cumachtae pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language