écubus

Old Irish

Etymology

From é- +‎ cubus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːɡuvus/

Noun

écubus m

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

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Irish: éagúis

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
écubus unchanged n-écubus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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