ciumhais

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciumhas, ciúmhais

Etymology

From Old Irish cimas (“edge, border, limit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cuːʃ/
• IPA^(key): /cũːsˠ/ (corresponding to the form ciumhas)

Noun

ciumhais f (genitive singular ciumhaise, nominative plural ciumhaiseanna or ciumhsa)

1. border, edge, edging, fringe, verge
2. strip
3. (Cois Fharraige) single-width blanket
4. outskirts
5. (astronomy) limb (apparent visual edge)

Declension

Declension of ciumhais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ciumhais ciumhaiseanna Vocative a chiumhais a chiumhaiseanna Genitive ciumhaise ciumhaiseanna Dative ciumhais ciumhaiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chiumhais na ciumhaiseanna Genitive na ciumhaise na gciumhaiseanna Dative leis an gciumhais don chiumhais leis na ciumhaiseanna

• Alternative plurals: ciumhsa, ciumhaiseacha

Synonyms

• (outskirts): imeachtar

Derived terms

• ciumhais bhlaincéid, ciumhais phluide (“strip of blanket; single blanket”)
• ciumhais éadaigh (“edging, selvage, of cloth”)
• ciumhais leathanaigh (“margin of page”)
• ciumhais talaimh (“strip of land”)
• ciumhaisín (“small head-stone”)
• ciumhsach (“bordered, fringed”, adjective)
• ciumhsóg (“narrow border; small blanket”)
• faoi chiumhais (“bordered”)
• scian chiumhaise (“plough”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciumhais	chiumhais	gciumhais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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