ciumhais
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cimas (“edge, border, limit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editciumhais f (genitive singular ciumhaise, nominative plural ciumhaiseanna or ciumhsa)
- border, edge, edging, fringe, verge
- strip
- (Cois Fharraige) single-width blanket
- outskirts
- (astronomy) limb (apparent visual edge)
Declension
editDeclension of ciumhais
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plurals: ciumhsa, ciumhaiseacha
Synonyms
edit- (outskirts): imeachtar
Derived terms
edit- 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
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ciumhais | chiumhais | gciumhais |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23
Further reading
edit- 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