accuis

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

accuis f

  1. cause, occasion, reason
Declension
Feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative accuis aicsinL aicsin
vocative accuis aicsinL aicsenaH
accusative aicsinN aicsinL aicsenaH
genitive aicsen aicsenL aicsenN
dative aicsinL, accuisL aicsenaib aicsenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Synonyms
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

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

Noun

accuis f (nominative plural acsi)

  1. offence, hatred
Declension
Feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative accuis accuisL aicsiH
vocative accuis accuisL aicsiH
accusative accuisN accuisL aicsiH
genitive aicseoH, aicseaH aicseoH, aicseaH aicseN
dative accuisL 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”)

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

  1. ^ 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

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