cumhachd
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cumachtae (“power, strength, might”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cumhachd m or f (genitive singular cumhachd, plural cumhachdan)
Declension edit
Declension of cumhachd (class IIe masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | cumhachd | cumhachdan |
Genitive | cumhachd | chumhachdan |
Dative | cumhachd | cumhachdan |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) chumhachd | (na) cumhachdan |
Genitive | (a') cumhachd | (nan) cumhachdan |
Dative | (a') chumhachd | (na) cumhachdan |
Vocative | (a) chumhachd | (a) chumhachdan |
Declension of cumhachd (class IIe feminine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | cumhachd | cumhachdan |
Genitive | cumhachd | chumhachdan |
Dative | cumhachd | cumhachdan |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (a') chumhachd | (na) cumhachdan |
Genitive | (na) cumhachd | (nan) cumhachdan |
Dative | (a') chumhachd | (na) cumhachdan |
Vocative | (a) chumhachd | (a) chumhachdan |
Derived terms edit
- call cumhachd (“power cut”)
- cumhachd mara (“tidal energy”)
- cumhachd nan tonn (“wave power”)
- cumhachdach (“powerful; influential”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cumhachd | chumhachd |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cumhachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language