cumhachdach
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- comhachdach
Etymology
From Old Irish cumachtach (“powerful, mighty; invested with (magical) powers; mighty one, ruler; wizard”) (compare modern Irish cumhachtach); synchronically, cumhachd + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰũ.əxɡəx/
Adjective
cumhachdach (genitive singular masculine cumhachdaich, comparative cumhachdaiche)
- powerful, mighty
- influential
Derived terms
- uile-chumhachdach
Related terms
- cumhachd
Noun
cumhachdach m (genitive singular cumhachdaich, plural cumhachdaich)
- mighty, powerful person
- potentate
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cumhachdach | chumhachdach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cumhachdach”, 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), “cumachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language