ar chuma

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈxʊmˠə/

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
• 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?