ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A ~ seo de chumas, ability such as this.
~ maith agus a bhí ar a chumas, to the best of his ability.
Rud a chur ar chumas duine, ar a chumas do dhuine, i g~ do dhuine, to enable s.o. to do sth.
Dá mbeadh sé ar, i, mo chumas, if it were in my power.
Duine a chur ó chumas ruda, to incapacitate s.o. for sth.; to deprive s.o. of the means to do sth.
Dul thar do chumas (le rud), to take too much on oneself (with sth.).
Pé ~ a bhí ar a chumas a dhéanamh, whatever he was able to scrape together.
Tá sé taobh ~ de mo chumas, it is beyond my capacity.