fuarchúiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuar-chúiseach (superseded)

Etymology

From fuarchúis +‎ -ach

Adjective

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

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

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.

Further reading

• “fuarchúiseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fuar-ċúiseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuarchúiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN