cumhachdach
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- comhachdach
Etymology
From Old Irish cumachtach (“powerful, mighty; invested with (magical) powers; mighty one, ruler; wizard”); synchronically, cumhachd + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰũ.əxɡəx/
Adjective
cumhachdach (genitive singular masculine cumhachdaich, comparative cumhachdaiche)
Related terms
Noun
cumhachdach m (genitive singular cumhachdaich, plural cumhachdaich)
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. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “cumachtach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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