cúis

See also: cuis and cùis

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúis, from Old Irish caus, cauis, from Latin causa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːʃ/

Noun

cúis f (genitive singular cúise, nominative plural cúiseanna)

1. cause, reason, source

   Synonyms: bunúdar, fáth, údar

2. (philosophy) cause

   Synonym: cúisiú

3. (law) case
4. movement, cause

Declension

Declension of cúis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cúis cúiseanna Vocative a chúis a chúiseanna Genitive cúise cúiseanna Dative cúis cúiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chúis na cúiseanna Genitive na cúise na gcúiseanna Dative leis an gcúis don chúis leis na cúiseanna

Derived terms

• cúis agus éifeacht (“cause and effect”)
• fuarchúis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúis	chúis	gcúis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40