cumhachd
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- comhachd, cumachda
Etymology
From Old Irish cumachtae (“power, strength, might”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰũ.əxɡ/
Noun
cumhachd m or f (genitive singular cumhachd, plural cumhachdan)
- power, might, force
- influence
Derived terms
- call cumhachd (“power cut”)
- cumhachdach (“powerful; influential”)
- cumhachd mara (“tidal energy”)
- cumhachd nan tonn (“wave power”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cumhachd | chumhachd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- 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