chus

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃus/

chus

1. (dated) more; very

   Synonym: máis

   • 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:

     et sse esto que eu mando he chus pouco cao quinto de todos meus bees assi movil como rrayz

     and if this that I'm granting is very little compared with a fifth of all of my possessions, chattel as well as real state, then [...]

• non dicir chus nin mus (“shh!”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chus”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Latin plūs (“more”), from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”). Eventually displaced by mais.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃus̺/

chus

1. more
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 185 (facsimile):

     tres mouroſ q̇ entṙã / chus negroſ q̇ Satanaſ / no Caſtelo os de dentro / os fezeron en caer.

     three Moors who entered / blacker (more black) than Satan / in the Castle, the ones inside / made them fall.

   Synonym: mais

• Galician: chus
• Portuguese: chus

• Universo Cantigas - "chus"

• chuz (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”). Displaced by colateral mais.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
• Hyphenation: chus

chus (not comparable)

1. only used in sem chus nem bus and its alternative forms.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (archaic) more
   • 14th Century, Saint Benedict (480-547), Regra de São Bento (fragmento), Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, page 5:

     Sempre deve seer nẽbrado o abade o que é, e nẽbrar-se o que é dito, e saber ca a quem chus é dado chus lhe seera demandado.

     Always should the abbot be remembered of what he is, remember of what it's said, and know that to whom more is given, more is demanded.

• “chus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “chus”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /xus̪/

chus

1. lenited form of cus