fuarchúis

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fuar (“cold, apathetic”) +‎ cúis (“cause”) [from 17th c.].

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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuarchúis fhuarchúis bhfuarchúis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Further reading
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