cumhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

cumhachta

Etymology

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

Noun

cumhacht f (genitive singular cumhachta, nominative plural cumhachtaí)

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
	singular	plural
nominative	cumhacht	cumhachtaí
vocative	a chumhacht	a chumhachtaí
genitive	cumhachta	cumhachtaí
dative	cumhacht	cumhachtaí

forms with the definite article
	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, 2013–2025