cíos

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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)
  • cíosaigh (“rent, pay rent for; compensate for”, verb)
  • cíosaí m (“rent-payer”)
  • 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.

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