cúiseach

Irish

Etymology

From cúis +‎ -ach, although compare Middle Irish curadhcúisech (“hardy”).

Adjective

cúiseach (genitive singular masculine cúisigh, genitive singular feminine cúisí, plural cúiseacha, comparative cúisí)

1. well-mannered, demure

   Synonyms: cúisiúil, béasach

Declension

Declension of cúiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cúiseach	chúiseach	cúiseacha; chúiseacha2
vocative	chúisigh		cúiseacha
genitive		cúisí	cúiseacha	cúiseach
dative	cúiseach; chúiseach1	chúiseach; chúisigh (archaic)	cúiseacha; chúiseacha2
Comparative	níos cúisí
Superlative	is cúisí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• maolchúiseach (“inept”)
• mionchúiseach (“meticulous”)
• mórchúiseach (“self-important”)
• réchúiseach (“easygoing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúiseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúiseach	chúiseach	gcúiseach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language