TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ciúnas, m. (gs. -ais). Calmness; stillness, silence. Dul, titim, chun ciúnais, to become calm, still. I g~ na hoíche, in the still of the night. Tá ~ ar muir agus ar tír, there is a calm on sea and land. Tá an saol mór faoi chiúnas, all the world is hushed. (Var: ciúntas)
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is maith an chóir an ciúnas, a calm is better than a gale.
Tá ciúnas ag teacht sa spéir, the sky is becoming calm.
Thit an oíche chun ciúnais, the night fell still.