ciúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcuːnˠəsˠ/

Noun

ciúnas m (genitive singular ciúnais)

  1. calmness; stillness, quiet, silence

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • an ciúnas roimh an doineann (“the hush before the storm”)
  • ciúnas critheaglach (“a breathless silence”)
  • ciúnas domhain (“heavy silence”)
  • ciúnas na huaighe (“dead silence”)
  • ciúnas tuarúil (“an ominous silence”)
  • le cóir is le ciúnas! (“by and large!”)

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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