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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cimas (“edge, border, limit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ciumhais f (genitive singular ciumhaise, nominative plural ciumhaiseanna or ciumhsa)
- border, edge, edging, fringe, verge
- strip
- (Cois Fharraige) single-width blanket
- outskirts
- (astronomy) limb (apparent visual edge)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ciumhais
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chiumhais
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gciumhais
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cimas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ciuṁais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 142
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciumhais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN