anchúinse

Irish

Alternative forms

• anachúinse (Munster)
• anchúinsí m

Etymology

an- (“bad, unnatural”) +‎ cúinse (“countenance”)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /an̪ˠəˈxuːn̠ʲʃə/ (corresponding to the alternative form anachúinse)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈanˠxuːn̠ʲʃə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈanˠxun̠ʲʃə/

Noun

anchúinse m (genitive singular anchúinse, nominative plural anchúinsí)

1. monster, freak
2. scoundrel

Declension

Declension of anchúinse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative anchúinse anchúinsí vocative a anchúinse a anchúinsí genitive anchúinse anchúinsí dative anchúinse anchúinsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-anchúinse na hanchúinsí genitive an anchúinse na n-anchúinsí dative leis an anchúinse don anchúinse leis na hanchúinsí

Derived terms

• anchúinseach, anchúinsiúil (“monstrous, abnormal; scoundrelly”, adjective)
• anchúinseacht f (“abnormality, monstrosity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anchúinse

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anchúinse	n-anchúinse	hanchúinse	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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