ar chuma

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛɾʲˈxʊmˠə/

Preposition

ar chuma (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. in the manner of, like
Inflection
Inflection of ar chuma
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. ar mo chuma ar mo chumasa
2d person sing. ar do chuma ar do chumasa
3d sing. masc. ar a chuma ar a chumasan
3d sing. fem. ar a cuma ar a cumasa
1st person pl. ar ár gcuma ar ár gcumana
2d person pl. ar bhur gcuma ar bhur gcumasa
3d person pl. 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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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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