adj (neg. of cumachtae) beyond (one's) power or capacity; impossible: cach n-ecmacht .i. cach ni is eccomachta don fir amuich which is outside the control of (?) Laws v 158.25 Comm. secht n-ecmachta .i. atait secht neiche is ecumachta do ghabail isin rath `which it is impossible to receive in the stock' 222.6 Comm. is egmachta in t-ōl so .i. is ecumachta , BB 250a37 , cf. Cóir Anm. 77 .

v (imm-to-saig) sues, pleads: indic. pres. s. 3 im-toich fri reir ┐ rl. .i. in diablad sin ┐ in eneclann ┐ cach uile ni dligis duine a leicsin elod ce do bera toithed uime nochan fuil a diablad dó iar toiched, O'Curry 332 (< H 3.18, p. 183a ). ni 'motoich ecmacht .i. nocha neimthoingis nech aní is ecumachta do, O'Curry 1451 (< H 3.18, p. 647b ).