"comas" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʰoməs̪/ Forms: comais [genitive, singular], comasan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], comas [mutation, mutation-radical], chomas [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish commus (“controlling, power”), verbal noun of Old Irish con·midethar (“to control, appoint”), from the verb midithir (“to judge, measure”) with preverb com- (“with”). Cognate to Irish cumas. Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{der|gd|sga|commus||controlling, power}} Old Irish commus (“controlling, power”), {{cog|sga|con·midethar||to control, appoint}} Old Irish con·midethar (“to control, appoint”), {{cog|ga|cumas}} Irish cumas Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|comais|||||||||plural|comasan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} comas m (genitive singular comais, plural comasan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=comais|pl=comasan}} comas m (genitive singular comais, plural comasan)
  1. ability, capability, faculty Tags: masculine Derived forms: ath-chomas, comasach, thoir comas do
    Sense id: en-comas-gd-noun-x0x-pOO7 Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 13 14 12 14 10 0 0 6 24 0 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 13 11 12 10 0 0 10 22 0 0 10

Inflected forms

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʰoməs̪/"
    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *med-",
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        "ability, capability, faculty"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʰoməs̪/"
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}

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