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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
an- (“bad, unnatural”) + cúinse (“countenance”)
Pronunciation
Noun
anchúinse m (genitive singular anchúinse, nominative plural anchúinsí)
- monster, freak
- scoundrel
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| anchúinse
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n-anchúinse
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hanchúinse
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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
- “anchúinse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “anċúinse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchúinse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN