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cíos

cíos

See also: cios and CIOs

Irish

Noun

cíos m ‎(genitive singular cíosa, nominative plural cíosanna)

rent
(historical) tax, tribute
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

Terms derived from cíos

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.

References

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