cumhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• cumhachta

Etymology

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

Noun

cumhacht f (genitive singular cumhachta, nominative plural cumhachtaí)

1. 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.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cumhacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cumhacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language