fuarchúis

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fuar (“cold, apathetic”) +‎ cúis (“cause”) .

Noun

fuarchúis f (genitive singular fuarchúise)

  1. indifference, apathy
  2. phlegm (calmness, composure), coolness, imperturbability
  3. chilliness (of manner), frigidity

Declension

Declension of fuarchúis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fuarchúis
vocative a fhuarchúis
genitive fuarchúise
dative fuarchúis
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhuarchúis
genitive na fuarchúise
dative leis an bhfuarchúis
don fhuarchúis

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuarchúis
radical lenition eclipsis
fuarchúis fhuarchúis bhfuarchúis

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

References

  1. ^ “fuarchúis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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