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Irish
Pronunciation
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)
- power, capability, ability, capacity, potential, aptitude, competence, faculty (of speech, etc.)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cumas
- present indicative relative of cum
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cumas
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chumas
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gcumas
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 85
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “commus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From contraction of preposition com (“with”) + feminine plural article umas (“some”).
Pronunciation
Contraction
cumas f pl (feminine singular cuma, masculine singular cum, masculine plural cuns)
- (Portugal, informal) Contraction of com umas.
Spanish
Noun
cumas m pl
- plural of cuma