ciumhais

ciumhais

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciumhas, ciúmhais

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cuːʃ/

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”)
• ciumhaisín (“small head-stone”)
• ciumhais leathanaigh (“margin of page”)
• ciumhais talaimh (“strip of land”)
• 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

• “cimas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ciuṁais” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 142.
• "ciumhais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.