beoshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From beo (“alive; lively”) +‎ súileach (“-eyed”).

Adjective

beoshúileach (genitive singular masculine beoshúiligh, genitive singular feminine beoshúilí, plural beoshúileacha, comparative beoshúilí)

1. quick-eyed

Declension

Declension of beoshúileach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	beoshúileach	bheoshúileach	beoshúileacha; bheoshúileacha²
Vocative	bheoshúiligh		beoshúileacha
Genitive		beoshúilí	beoshúileacha	beoshúileach
Dative	beoshúileach; bheoshúileach¹	bheoshúileach; bheoshúiligh (archaic)	beoshúileacha; bheoshúileacha²
Comparative	níos beoshúilí
Superlative	is beoshúilí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beoshúileach	bheoshúileach	mbeoshúileach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beoshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beoshúileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm