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• fuar-chúiseach (superseded)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

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of fuarchúiseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fuarchúiseach	fhuarchúiseach	bhfuarchúiseach

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

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, page 495; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fuarchúiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN