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

	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

• 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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Icelandic

Etymology

From gum (“exaggeration, boasting”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːma/
• Rhymes: -ʏːma

Verb

guma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gumaði, supine gumað)

1. (intransitive, with preposition af) to boast, to exaggerate

   Synonym: stæra sig

Conjugation

guma — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að guma
supine (sagnbót)		gumað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		gumandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég guma	við gumum	present (nútíð)	ég gumi	við gumum
	þú gumar	þið gumið		þú gumir	þið gumið
	hann, hún, það gumar	þeir, þær, þau guma		hann, hún, það gumi	þeir, þær, þau gumi
past (þátíð)	ég gumaði	við gumuðum	past (þátíð)	ég gumaði	við gumuðum
	þú gumaðir	þið gumuðuð		þú gumaðir	þið gumuðuð
	hann, hún, það gumaði	þeir, þær, þau gumuðu		hann, hún, það gumaði	þeir, þær, þau gumuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	guma (þú)	gumið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	gumaðu	gumiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Irish

Noun

guma m (genitive singular guma, nominative plural gumaí)

1. (arboriculture) gum
2. (chewing-)gum

   Synonym: guma coganta

Declension

Declension of guma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative guma gumaí Vocative a ghuma a ghumaí Genitive guma gumaí Dative guma gumaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an guma na gumaí Genitive an ghuma na ngumaí Dative leis an nguma don ghuma leis na gumaí

Derived terms

• crann guma (“gum-tree”)
• guma a chur ar rud (“to gum something”)
• guma arabach (“gum arabic”)
• gumach (“gummy”, adjective)
• gumaigh (“gum”, transitive verb)
• guma nicitín (“nicotine gum”)
• guma peirc (“gutta-percha”)
• gumleaistic (“gum elastic”)
• gumroisín (“gum resin”)
• póirín guma (“sweetmeat”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
guma	ghuma	nguma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "guma" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “guma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “guma” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Maguindanao

Noun

guma

1. rubber

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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 (Icelandic gumi 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

• Middle English: gome
  • English: bridegroom (from the compound brydguma); gome

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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