ar chuma

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾʲˈxumˠə/

Etymology 1

Preposition

ar chuma (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. in the manner of, like
Inflection
Inflection of ar chuma
Person: simple emphatic
singular first ar mo chuma ar mo chumasa
second ar do chuma ar do chumasa
third m ar a chuma ar a chumasan
f ar a cuma ar a cumasa
plural first ar ár gcuma ar ár gcumana
second ar bhur gcuma ar bhur gcumasa
third ar a gcuma ar a gcumasan
Derived terms
  • ar chuma go (“so that, so as to, in such a way that”)
  • ar chuma éigin (“somehow”)
  • ar chuma eile (“otherwise”)

Further reading

  • “ar chuma”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuma”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 293; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Phrase

ar chuma

  1. past/conditional interrogative of is cuma
    ar chuma leat? ― would you mind? would it matter to you?
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