cumas

See also: Cumas

Galician

Noun

cumas f pl (feminine singular cuma, masculine singular cum, masculine plural cuns)

1. reintegrationist spelling of cunhas

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊmˠəsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish commus (“controlling, power”), verbal noun of Old Irish con·midethar (“to control, appoint”), from the verb midithir (“to judge, measure”) with preverb com- (“with”).

Noun

cumas m (genitive singular cumais)

1. power, capability, ability, capacity, potential, aptitude, competence, faculty (of speech, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cumas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cumas vocative a chumais genitive cumais dative cumas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cumas genitive an chumais dative leis an gcumas don chumas

Synonyms

• ábaltacht (“capability, ability”)
• acmhainn (“ability, capacity, capability”)
• acmhainneacht (“capability, potential, ability”)
• bua (“aptitude”)
• infheidhmeacht (“aptitude”)
• inniúlacht (“ability, competence, aptitude”)
• mianach (“aptitude”)
• poitéinseal (“capability, potential”)

 

Derived terms

• cumasach (“capable, powerful; powerfully, extremely”)
• ilchumas (“versatility”)
• míchumas (“inability”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cumas

1. present indicative relative of cum

Mutation

Mutated forms of cumas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cumas	chumas	gcumas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cumas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cumas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cumas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From contraction of preposition com (“with”) + feminine plural article umas (“some”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.mɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.mɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ku.mɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.mas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mɐʃ/

Contraction

cumas f pl (feminine singular cuma, masculine singular cum, masculine plural cuns)

1. (Portugal, informal) Contraction of com umas.

Spanish

Noun

cumas m pl

1. plural of cuma