ciúnas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ciúnas. By surface analysis, ciúin (“calm, silent, still”, adjective) +‎ -as).

Pronunciation

Noun

ciúnas m (genitive singular ciúnais)

  1. calmness; stillness, quiet, silence

Declension

Declension of ciúnas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ciúnas
vocative a chiúnais
genitive ciúnais
dative ciúnas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ciúnas
genitive an chiúnais
dative leis an gciúnas
don chiúnas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciúnas
radical lenition eclipsis
ciúnas chiúnas gciúnas

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From ciúin +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈkʲiːu̯nəs/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈkʲuːnəs/

Noun

ciúnas m (genitive ciúnais, no plural)

  1. calmness, quiet
  2. repose

Descendants

  • Irish: ciúnas
  • Manx: kiunys
  • Scottish Gaelic: ciùineas

Mutation

Mutation of ciúnas
radical lenition nasalization
ciúnas chiúnas ciúnas
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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