écubus

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From é- +‎ cubus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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écubus m

  1. want of conscience, unscrupulousness
  2. (law) bad faith, fraud, culpable remissness

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative écubus
Vocative écubus
Accusative écubusN
Genitive écubsoH, écubsaH
Dative écubusL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Antonyms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: éagúis

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
écubus
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-écubus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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