cumas
See also: Cumas
Irish
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, (of speech, etc.) faculty
Declension
Declension of cumas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- acmhainn (“ability, capacity, capability”)
- acmhainneacht (“capability, potential, ability”)
- poitéinseal (“capability, potential”)
- infheidhmeacht, bua, mianach (“aptitude”)
- ábaltacht (“capability, ability”)
- inniúlacht (“ability, competence, aptitude”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cumas | chumas | gcumas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cumas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cumas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cumas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “commus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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