aicis

Irish

Alternative forms

• acais

Etymology

From Middle Irish accais (“offense; hatred; venom”), from Old Irish accuis (“offense; hatred”), from Proto-Celtic *adkassis, from *kassis (“hatred”).

Noun

aicis f (genitive singular aicise)

1. spite, rancor, venom

Declension

Declension of aicis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative aicis vocative a aicis genitive aicise dative aicis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an aicis genitive na haicise dative leis an aicis don aicis

Derived terms

• aiciseach (“venomous, rancorous, spiteful”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aicis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aicis	n-aicis	haicis	not applicable

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

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