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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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Declension of cuas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuas cuasa
vocative a chuais a chuasa
genitive cuais cuas
dative cuas cuasa
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cuas na cuasa
genitive an chuais na gcuas
dative leis an gcuas
don chuas
leis na cuasa

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cuas
radical lenition eclipsis
cuas chuas gcuas

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

Further reading

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