cúis

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f. cause, an ch. fa bhfuil. . . 48 10; c. dom moladh 97 9; c. dom beith . . . 25 10; fa ch. + gen. in matter of 75 45; do-ním mo ch. re I plead my cause with 69 10; im ch. in my case, 51 12; cúise Connacht questions, etc. concerning C. 7 3.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

(1) cause, reason, 2020, -92, -94, etc. (2) matter, affair.  san ccúis-si, in this matter, 1659, 1828 (‘ en este negocio ’). a ccúis mo choinsiais, in the matter of my conscience, as regards my conscience, 3472 ; sim. 1593, 3423, 5571.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

case (in law), affair. cúis dá bhfoghair fiadhnuise, a case for which evidence is forthcoming, 131; cúis iomráidh, a famous affair, 262; fá choisde re cúis aigmhéil, being tried by jury on a monstrous charge, 2766

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

f., cause, 2712; ‘causa clamat,’ 4535; 5142

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.