cuibheas in Scottish Gaelic

Forms: cuibheis [genitive, singular], cuibheasan [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish cuibhdes, from Old Irish cuibdius (“musical harmony, concord, agreement, assonance”), from cubaid (“harmonious, in accord; proper, fitting”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|cuibhdes}} Middle Irish cuibhdes, {{inh|gd|sga|cuibdius|t=musical harmony, concord, agreement, assonance}} Old Irish cuibdius (“musical harmony, concord, agreement, assonance”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|cuibheis|||||||||plural|cuibheasan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cuibheas m (genitive singular cuibheis, plural cuibheasan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=cuibheis|pl=cuibheasan}} cuibheas m (genitive singular cuibheis, plural cuibheasan)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "yearly average",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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          "english": "food to spare, superabundance of food",
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"cuibheas" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Inflected forms