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

Derived terms

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.
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