fuarchúis

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuar-chúis (superseded)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuarchúis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN