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ciúnas

ciúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

ciúntas

Noun

ciúnas m ‎(genitive singular ciúnais)

calmness; stillness, quiet, silence

Declension

Declension of ciúnas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	ciúnas
Vocative	a chiúnais
Genitive	ciúnais
Dative	ciúnas

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an ciúnas
Genitive	an chiúnais
Dative	leis an gciúnas don chiúnas

Related terms

ciúin ‎(“calm, silent, still”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciúnas	chiúnas	gciúnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From ciúin +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʲiːu̯nas/

Noun

ciúnas m ‎(genitive ciúnais, no plural)

calmness, quiet
repose

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: ciúnas
Manx: kiunys
Scottish Gaelic: ciùineas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ciúnas	chiúnas	ciúnas pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“ciúnas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.