cúis

See also: cuis and cùis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúis, from Old Irish caus, cauis, from Latin causa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːʃ/

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
singular plural
nominative cúis cúiseanna
vocative a chúis a chúiseanna
genitive cúise cúiseanna
dative cúis cúiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chúis na cúiseanna
genitive na cúise na gcúiseanna
dative leis an gcúis
don chúis 		leis na cúiseanna

Derived terms

  • cúis agus éifeacht (“cause and effect”)
  • fuarchúis

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúis
radical lenition eclipsis
cúis chúis gcúis

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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