accuis

Old Irish

Alternative forms

accuiss, acuis
accais, acais (later manuscripts)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin *accāsiō, from Latin occāsiō, whence also Middle Welsh achaws (modern Welsh achos).

Noun

accuis f

cause, occasion, reason

Declension

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	accuis	aicsin^L	aicsin
Vocative	accuis	aicsin^L	aicsena^H
Accusative	aicsin^N	aicsin^L	aicsena^H
Genitive	aicsen	aicsen^L	aicsen^N
Dative	aicsin^L, accuis^L	aicsenaib	aicsenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

fochonn

Derived terms

aicsenach (“causal”)
aicsendae (“causal”)
aicsendaid (“causally, in a law-suit”)
aicsenugud (“act of giving a reason or cause”)
ar accuis (“because of”)
hua accuiss (“because of”)

Etymology 2

From ad- + Proto-Celtic *kassis (“hatred”).^[1]

Noun

accuis f (nominative plural acsi)

offence, hatred

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	accuis	accuis^L	aicsi^H
Vocative	accuis	accuis^L	aicsi^H
Accusative	accuis^N	accuis^L	aicsi^H
Genitive	aicseo^H, aicsea^H	aicseo^H, aicsea^H	aicse^N
Dative	accuis^L	aicsib	aicsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: accais, acaiss, acuis (“cause; offense; hatred; venom”)
- Irish: aicis, acais (“venom, spite”)

Mutation

Mutation of *accuis*
radical	lenition	nasalization
accuis (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-accuis

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

References

^ Griffith, Aaron (2022 February 26) “On the old Irish third palatalisation and the 3sg. present of the copula”, in Ériu‎, volume 66, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved June 22, 2022, pages 39–62

accuis

Contents

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Mutation

References

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