cuisneach

Irish

Etymology

cuisne +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪʃn̠ʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊʃn̠ʲa(x)/

Adjective

cuisneach (genitive singular masculine cuisgnigh, genitive singular feminine cuisní, plural cuisneacha, comparative cuisní)

1. frosty

   Synonyms: reoite, cuisniúil

Declension

Declension of cuisenach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cuisenach	chuisenach	cuisenacha; chuisenacha²
Vocative	chuisnigh		cuisenacha
Genitive		cuisní	cuisenacha	cuisenach
Dative	cuisenach; chuisenach¹	chuisenach; chuisnigh (archaic)	cuisenacha; chuisenacha²
Comparative	níos cuisní
Superlative	is cuisní

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuisneach	chuisneach	gcuisneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cuisneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuisneach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuisneach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 212
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuisneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN