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	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

Etymology 2

Phrase

ar chuma

1. past/conditional interrogative of is cuma

   ar chuma leat? ― would you mind? would it matter to you?