chus

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃus/

chus

1. (dated) more; very

   Synonym: máis

   • 1305, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 498:

     et sse esto que eu mando he chus pouco cao quinto de todos meus bees assi movil como rrayz

     and if this that I'm granting is very little compared with a fifth of all of my possessions, chattel as well as real state, then [...]

• non dicir chus nin mus (“shh!”)

• “chus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “chus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “chus” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Inherited from Latin plūs (“more”), from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“many”). Eventually displaced by mais.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃus̺/

chus

1. more
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 185 (facsimile):

     tres mouroſ q̇ entṙã / chus negroſ q̇ Satanaſ / no Caſtelo os de dentro / os fezeron en caer.

     three Moors who entered / blacker (more black) than Satan / in the Castle, the ones inside / made them fall.

   Synonym: mais

• Galician: chus
• Portuguese: chus

• Universo Cantigas - "chus"

• chuz (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese chus, from Latin plūs (“more”). Displaced by colateral mais.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
• Hyphenation: chus

chus (not comparable)

1. (archaic) more
   • 14th Century, Saint Benedict (480-547), Regra de São Bento (fragmento), Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, page 5:

     Sempre deve seer nẽbrado o abade o que é, e nẽbrar-se o que é dito, e saber ca a quem chus é dado chus lhe seera demandado.

     Always should the abbot be remembered of what he is, remember of what it's said, and know that to whom more is given, more is demanded.

• “chus” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “chus” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

• IPA^(key): /xus̪/

chus

1. Lenited form of cus.