cíos

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cís (tax, tribute, cess, rent), from Latin cēnsus.

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
case singular plural
nominative cíos cíosanna
vocative a chíos a chíosanna
genitive cíosa cíosanna
dative cíos cíosanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cíos na cíosanna
genitive an chíosa na gcíosanna
dative leis an gcíos
don chíos
leis na cíosanna

Derived terms

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.

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