ciùineas

See also: ciúineas

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ciùnas, cùineas

Etymology

From Middle Irish ciúnas. Compare dialectal Irish ciúineas, from Primitive Irish *kijunessus.

Noun

ciùineas m (genitive singular ciùineis, no plural)

1. peacefulness, tranquility

   Synonyms: ciùineachd, sàmhchair

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
ciùineas	chiùineas
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), “ciúnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language