cìs

See also: cis, Cis, CIS, cís, cis-, -cis, and çiş

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”) (compare Manx keesh), from Latin cēnsus.

Noun

cìs f (genitive singular cìse, plural cìsean)

1. tax
2. fine

   Chaidh cìs £150 a chur air.

   He was fined £150.

Synonyms

• càin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cìs air teachd-a-steach (“income tax”)
• cìs luach-leasaichte (“value added tax”)
• cìs uaine (“green tax”)

• for-chìs (“surcharge”)
• ro chìsean (“pre-tax”)