accuis

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• accuiss, acuis

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin *accāsiō, from Latin occāsiō, whence also Middle Welsh achaws (modern Welsh achos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakusʲ/

Noun

accuis f

1. cause, occasion, reason

Declension

Feminine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	accuisL	aicsinL	aicsin
Vocative	accuisL	aicsinL	*acsnaH, *accusnaH
Accusative	aicsinN	aicsinL	*acsnaH, *accusnaH
Genitive	*acsan, *acson	*acsan, *acsonL	*acsanN, *acsonN
Dative	aicsinL, accuisL	aicsenaib	aicsenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	accuisL	accuisL	acsiH, aicsiH
Vocative	accuisL	accuisL	acsiH, aicsiH
Accusative	accuisN	accuisL	acsiH, aicsiH
Genitive	*acsoH, *acsaH	*acsoL, *acsaL	*aicseN
Dative	accuisL	*aicsib	*aicsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• fochonn

Derived terms

• aicsenach
• aicsendae
• aicsendaid
• aicsenugud
• ar accuis
• hua accuiss

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: accais, acaiss, acuis (“cause; offense; hatred; venom”)
  • Irish: aicis, acais (“venom, spite”)

See also

• acis

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “accais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language