anchúinse

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ cúinse (“countenance”)

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /an̪ˠəˈxuːn̠ʲʃə/ (corresponding to the alternative form anachúinse)
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈanˠxuːn̠ʲʃə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈanˠxun̠ʲʃə/

Noun

anchúinse m (genitive singular anchúinse, nominative plural anchúinsí)

  1. monster, freak
  2. scoundrel

Declension

Declension of anchúinse (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative anchúinse anchúinsí
vocative a anchúinse a anchúinsí
genitive anchúinse anchúinsí
dative anchúinse anchúinsí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-anchúinse na hanchúinsí
genitive an anchúinse na n-anchúinsí
dative leis an anchúinse
don anchúinse 		leis na hanchúinsí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchúinse
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anchúinse n-anchúinse hanchúinse not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “anchúinse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “anċúinse”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 44; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anchúinse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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