cúinse

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuinse

Etymology

From Old Irish cuin(n)siu, cuindsiu, coinsiu (“face, countenance”).

Noun

cúinse m (genitive singular cúinse, nominative plural cúinsí)

1. countenance
2. circumstance

   Synonym: toisc

3. pretext, condition
4. trick
5. bribe

   Synonym: breab

Declension

Declension of cúinse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúinse cúinsí vocative a chúinse a chúinsí genitive cúinse cúinsí dative cúinse cúinsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúinse na cúinsí genitive an chúinse na gcúinsí dative leis an gcúinse don chúinse leis na cúinsí

Derived terms

• anchúinse (“monster”)
• cúinseach (“wily”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúinse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúinse	chúinse	gcúinse

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúinse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm