poitéinseal

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Irish

Etymology

From English potential, from Late Latin potentiālis, from Latin potentia (“power”), from potēns (“powerful”).

Noun

poitéinseal m (genitive singular poitéinsil)

potential (capability)
(electricity, physics) potential

Declension

Declension of poitéinseal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	poitéinseal
Vocative	a phoitéinsil
Genitive	poitéinsil
Dative	poitéinseal

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an poitéinseal
Genitive	an phoitéinsil
Dative	leis an bpoitéinseal don phoitéinseal

Synonyms

(capability): acmhainneacht, cumas

Derived terms

difríocht phoitéinsil (“potential difference”)
poitéinseal gníomhaithe (“action potential”)
poitéinseal leictreach (“electrical potential”)
poitéinseal margaidh (“market potential”)
poitéinseal tairsí (“threshold potential”)

Related terms

poitéinsiúil (“potential”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poitéinseal	phoitéinseal	bpoitéinseal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poitéinseal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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