ciùineas

See also: ciúineas

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ciùnas, cùineas

Etymology

From Middle Irish ciúnas. Compare dialectal Irish ciúineas, from Primitive Irish *kijunessus.

Noun

ciùineas m (genitive singular ciùineis, no plural)

1. peacefulness, tranquility

   Synonyms: ciùineachd, sàmhchair

Mutation

Mutation of ciùineas

radical	lenition
ciùineas	chiùineas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ciúnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language