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)

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.

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