cúis

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See also: cuis and cùis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúis, 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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cúis cúiseanna
Vocative a chúis a chúiseanna
Genitive cúise cúiseanna
Dative cúis cúiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chúis na cúiseanna
Genitive na cúise na gcúiseanna
Dative leis an gcúis

don chúis

leis na cúiseanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúis chúis gcúis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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