accuis
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- accuiss, acuis
- accais, acais (later manuscripts)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈakusʲ/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin *accāsiō, from Latin occāsiō, whence also Middle Welsh achaws (modern Welsh achos).
Noun
accuis f
- cause, occasion, reason
Declension
Feminine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | accuis | aicsinL | aicsin |
Vocative | accuis | aicsinL | aicsenaH |
Accusative | aicsinN | aicsinL | aicsenaH |
Genitive | aicsen | aicsenL | aicsenN |
Dative | aicsinL, accuisL | aicsenaib | aicsenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms
- fochonn
Derived terms
- aicsenach
- aicsendae
- aicsendaid
- aicsenugud
- ar accuis
- hua accuiss
See also
- acis
Etymology 2
From ad- + Proto-Celtic *kassis (“hatred”).[1]
Noun
accuis f (nominative plural acsi)
- offence, hatred
Declension
Feminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | accuis | accuisL | aicsiH |
Vocative | accuis | accuisL | aicsiH |
Accusative | accuisN | accuisL | aicsiH |
Genitive | aicseoH, aicseaH | aicseoH, aicseaH | aicseN |
Dative | accuisL | aicsib | aicsib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: accais, acaiss, acuis (“cause; offense; hatred; venom”)
- Irish: aicis, acais (“venom, spite”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
accuis | unchanged | n-accuis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Griffith, Aaron (February 26, 2022), “On the old Irish third palatalisation and the 3sg. present of the copula”, in Ériu, volume 66, issue 1, DOI:, ISSN 2009-0056, retrieved June 22, 2022, pages 39–62
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “accais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language