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

Mutated forms of cumhacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cumhacht	chumhacht	gcumhacht

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

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

Further reading

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