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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish acuis (“offense; hatred; venom”), from Old Irish accuis (“offense; hatred”), from Proto-Celtic *adkassis, from *kassis (“hatred”).
Noun
aicis f (genitive singular aicise)
- spite, rancor, venom
Declension
Derived terms
- aiciseach (“venomous, rancorous, spiteful”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aicis
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n-aicis
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haicis
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aicis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “acais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 3
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aicis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm