cúis

See also: cuis and cùis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúis,[1] from Old Irish caus, cauis, from Latin causa.

Pronunciation

Noun

cúis f (genitive singular cúise, nominative plural cúiseanna)

  1. cause, reason, source
    Synonyms: bunúdar, fáth, údar
  2. (philosophy) cause
    Synonym: cúisiú
  3. (law) case
  4. movement, cause

Declension

Declension of cúis (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cúis cúiseanna
vocative a chúis a chúiseanna
genitive cúise cúiseanna
dative cúis cúiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chúis na cúiseanna
genitive na cúise na gcúiseanna
dative leis an gcúis
don chúis 		leis na cúiseanna

Derived terms

  • cúis agus éifeacht (“cause and effect”)
  • fuarchúis

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúis
radical lenition eclipsis
cúis chúis gcúis

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), “1 cúis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 52, page 23

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cúis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 289; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cúis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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