cumhacht

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

cumhacht f (genitive cumhachta, nominative plural cumhachtaí)

1. power, authority, influence
2. authorization
3. might, strength
4. (magical, supernatural) power
5. (mechanical) 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

Derived terms

Derived terms

ardchumhacht (“higher power”) ardchumhachta (“high-powered”) borradh cumhachta (“surge”) cumhachtach (“powerful”) cumhachtaigh (“to empower”)

cumhachtstáisiún (“power station”) each-chumhacht (“horsepower”) 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.