cumhachtach
Irish
Alternative forms
- cumhachtaidh (noun)
Etymology
From Old Irish cumachtach. By surface analysis, cumhacht + -ach.
Adjective
cumhachtach (genitive singular masculine cumhachtaigh, genitive singular feminine cumhachtaí, plural cumhachtacha, comparative cumhachtaí)
Declension
Declension of cumhachtach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cumhachtach | chumhachtach | cumhachtacha; chumhachtacha² | |
| Vocative | chumhachtaigh | cumhachtacha | ||
| Genitive | cumhachtaí | cumhachtacha | cumhachtach | |
| Dative | cumhachtach; chumhachtach¹ |
chumhachtach; chumhachtaigh (archaic) |
cumhachtacha; chumhachtacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cumhachtaí | |||
| Superlative | is cumhachtaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
cumhachtach m (genitive singular cumhachtaigh, nominative plural cumhachtaigh)
- (literary) person with supernatural powers, magician
Declension
Declension of cumhachtach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cumhachtach | chumhachtach | gcumhachtach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cumhachtach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁaċtaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 215
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumhachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cumhachtach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cumhachtach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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