cuas

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See also: CUAS and C-UAS

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cúa (cavity, hollow), from Old Irish cúas (hollow), possibly from Proto-Celtic *kow-sto-, from *kuwo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱowh₁ós (hollow), from *ḱewh₁- (to swell).

Noun

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cuas m (genitive singular cuais or cuasa, nominative plural cuasa)

  1. cavity; hollow, recess
  2. (geography) cove, creek
  3. (anatomy) sinus, cup

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuas chuas gcuas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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