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fuarchúiseach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fuarchúis +‎ -ach

Adjective

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fuarchúiseach (genitive singular masculine fuarchúisigh, genitive singular feminine fuarchúisí, plural ~ar, comparative fuarchúisí)

  1. indifferent (not caring), apathetic, phlegmatic (not easily excited to action)
  2. cool (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical), frigid (chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive)
  3. imperturbable, unresponsive, unemotional, impassive (having or revealing no emotion)

Declension

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Declension of fuarchúiseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fuarchúiseach fhuarchúiseach fuarchúiseacha;
fhuarchúiseacha2
vocative fhuarchúisigh fuarchúiseacha
genitive fuarchúisí fuarchúiseacha fuarchúiseach
dative fuarchúiseach;
fhuarchúiseach1 		fhuarchúiseach;
fhuarchúisigh (archaic) 		fuarchúiseacha;
fhuarchúiseacha2
Comparative níos fuarchúisí
Superlative is fuarchúisí

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fuarchúiseach
radical lenition eclipsis
fuarchúiseach fhuarchúiseach bhfuarchúiseach

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

Further reading

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