poitéinseal
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English potential, from Late Latin potentiālis, from Latin potentia (“power”), from potēns (“powerful”).
Noun
[edit]poitéinseal m (genitive singular poitéinsil)
- potential (capability)
- (electricity, physics) potential
Declension
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Synonyms
[edit]- (capability): acmhainneacht, cumas
Derived terms
[edit]- difríocht phoitéinsil (“potential difference”)
- poitéinseal gníomhaithe (“action potential”)
- poitéinseal leictreach (“electrical potential”)
- poitéinseal margaidh (“market potential”)
- poitéinseal tairsí (“threshold potential”)
Related terms
[edit]- poitéinsiúil (“potential”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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poitéinseal | phoitéinseal | bpoitéinseal |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poitéinseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN