cíos

cíos

See also: cios and CIOs

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”), from Latin cēnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciːsˠ/

Noun

cíos m (genitive singular cíosa, nominative plural cíosanna)

1. rent
2. (historical) tax, tribute
3. price

Declension

Declension of cíos

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cíos cíosanna Vocative a chíos a chíosanna Genitive cíosa cíosanna Dative cíos cíosanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cíos na cíosanna Genitive an chíosa na gcíosanna Dative leis an gcíos don chíos leis na cíosanna

Derived terms

• ainchíos (“rack-rent”)
• ardchíos (“tribute”) (rent)
• bunchíos (“ground rent; superannuation, pension”)
• ceannchíos (“head rent”)
• cíosach (“rent-paying; tributary”, adjective)
• cíosaí m (“rent-payer”)
• cíosaigh (“rent, pay rent for; compensate for”, verb)
• cíoscháin f (“tribute”)
• cíoscheannach m (“hire-purchase”)
• daorchíos (“tributary rent”)
• dúchíos (“heavy rent or tribute; ransom for privilege or immunity”, literally “black rent”)
• fochíos (“subrent”)
• glanchíos (“net rent”)
• leathchíos (“moiety of rent”)
• measchíos (“notional rent”)
• pianchíos (“penal rent”)
• riailchíos (“standard rent”)
• ríchíos (“royalty”) (payment to patentee)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíos	chíos	gcíos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "cíos" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cís” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.