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cumhachd

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cumachtae (power, strength, might).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cumhachd m or f (genitive singular cumhachd, plural cumhachdan)

  1. power, might, force
  2. influence

Declension

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Declension of cumhachd (class IIe masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cumhachd cumhachdan
genitive cumhachd chumhachdan
dative cumhachd cumhachdan
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) cumhachd (na) cumhachdan
genitive (a') chumhachd (nan) cumhachdan
dative (a') chumhachd (na) cumhachdan
vocative chumhachd chumhachdan
Declension of cumhachd (class IIe feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cumhachd cumhachdan
genitive cumhachd chumhachdan
dative cumhachd cumhachdan; cumhachdaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') chumhachd (na) cumhachdan
genitive (na) cumhachd (nan) cumhachdan
dative (a') chumhachd (na) cumhachdan; cumhachdaibh
vocative chumhachd chumhachdan

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of cumhachd
radical lenition
cumhachd chumhachd

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cumachtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cumhachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN