cíos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cios"

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ciːsˠ/

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

Derived terms

  • ainchíos (“rack-rent”)
  • ardchíos (“tribute”) (rent)
  • bunchíos (“ground rent; superannuation, pension”)
  • ceannchíos (“head rent”)
  • cíosach (“rent-paying; tributary”, adjective)
  • cíosaí m (“rent-payer”)
  • cíosaigh (“rent, pay rent for; compensate for”, verb)
  • cíoscháin f (“tribute”)
  • cíoscheannach m (“hire-purchase”)
  • daorchíos (“tributary rent”)
  • dúchíos (“heavy rent or tribute; ransom for privilege or immunity”, literally “black rent”)
  • fochíos (“subrent”)
  • glanchíos (“net rent”)
  • leathchíos (“moiety of rent”)
  • measchíos (“notional rent”)
  • pianchíos (“penal rent”)
  • riailchíos (“standard rent”)
  • ríchíos (“royalty; payment to patentee”)

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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