guma

See also: guma' and gumă

Czech

Alternative forms

• gumma (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuma/

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: gu‧ma

Noun

guma f

1. rubber (material)
2. eraser, rubber

Declension

Declension of guma

	singular	plural
nominative	guma	gumy
genitive	gumy	gum
dative	gumě	gumám
accusative	gumu	gumy
vocative	gumo	gumy
locative	gumě	gumách
instrumental	gumou	gumami

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gumáky
• gumovat

• gumovník
• gumový

Further reading

• guma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• guma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Gothic

Romanization

guma

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰

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Hausa

Verb

gumā̀ (grade 1)

1. to fill one's mouth with a liquid

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ, *dʰǵʰm̥mō. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon gumo, Old High German gumo, gomo, Old Norse gumi (Template:cogis and Norwegian gume), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin homō, Baltic *žmo- (Lithuanian žmogùs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡumɑ/

Noun

guma m (nominative plural guman)

1. (poetic) man, hero

Quotations

• Beowulf, ll. 20–21:

  Swā sceal geong guma  gōde gewyrcean,
  fromum feoh-giftum  on fæder bearme

  So should a young man do good deeds
  by fine treasure-gifts while in his father's keeping

Declension

Declension of guma (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	guma	guman
accusative	guman	guman
genitive	guman	gumena
dative	guman	gumum

Synonyms

• beorn
• hæleþ
• mæcg

• mann
• rinc
• secg
• wer

Derived terms

• brȳdguma
• gumcynn

Descendants

• English: bridegroom (from the compound brydguma)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ma/

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Noun

guma f (diminutive gumka)

1. rubber (substance)
2. chewing gum

Declension

declension of guma

	singular	plural
nominative	guma	gumy
genitive	gumy	gum
dative	gumie	gumom
accusative	gumę	gumy
instrumental	gumą	gumami
locative	gumie	gumach
vocative	gumo	gumy

Derived terms

• gumka
• gumowy

See also

• złapać gumę

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin gummi/cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡûma/
• Hyphenation: gu‧ma

Noun

gȕma f (Cyrillic spelling гу̏ма)

1. rubber
2. tyre / tire
3. chewing gum

Declension

Declension of guma

	singular	plural
nominative	gȕma	gume
genitive	gume	gȗmā
dative	gumi	gumama
accusative	gumu	gume
vocative	gumo	gume
locative	gumi	gumama
instrumental	gumom	gumama