cíos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cios"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”), from Latin cēnsus.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cíos m (genitive singular cíosa, nominative plural cíosanna)

  1. rent
  2. (historical) tax, tribute
  3. price

Declension

Declension of cíos (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cíos cíosanna
vocative a chíos a chíosanna
genitive cíosa cíosanna
dative cíos cíosanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cíos na cíosanna
genitive an chíosa na gcíosanna
dative leis an gcíos
don chíos 		leis na cíosanna

Derived terms

  • ainchíos (“rack-rent”)
  • ardchíos (“tribute”) (rent)
  • bunchíos (“ground rent; superannuation, pension”)
  • ceannchíos (“head rent”)
  • cíosach (“rent-paying; tributary”, adjective)
  • cíosaí m (“rent-payer”)
  • cíosaigh (“rent, pay rent for; compensate for”, verb)
  • cíoscháin f (“tribute”)
  • cíoscheannach m (“hire-purchase”)
  • daorchíos (“tributary rent”)
  • dúchíos (“heavy rent or tribute; ransom for privilege or immunity”, literally “black rent”)
  • fochíos (“subrent”)
  • glanchíos (“net rent”)
  • leathchíos (“moiety of rent”)
  • measchíos (“notional rent”)
  • pianchíos (“penal rent”)
  • riailchíos (“standard rent”)
  • ríchíos (“royalty; payment to patentee”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíos
radical lenition eclipsis
cíos chíos gcíos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 232, page 109
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 174
  4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959), Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 445 A (a), page 162; reprinted 1979

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cíos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 194; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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