aicis

Irish

Alternative forms

• acais

Etymology

From Middle Irish acuis (“offense; hatred; venom”), from Old Irish accuis (“offense; hatred”), from Proto-Celtic *adkassis, from *kassis (“hatred”).

Noun

aicis f (genitive singular aicise)

1. spite, rancor, venom

Declension

Declension of aicis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aicis Vocative a aicis Genitive aicise Dative aicis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aicis Genitive na haicise Dative leis an aicis don aicis

Derived terms

• aiciseach (“venomous, rancorous, spiteful”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aicis	n-aicis	haicis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aicis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “accais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “acais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 3
• Entries containing “aicis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.