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fuarchúiseach

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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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuarchúiseach fhuarchúiseach bhfuarchúiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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