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• fuar-chúis (superseded)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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of fuarchúis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuarchúis	fhuarchúis	bhfuarchúis

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) “fuarchúis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN