déshúileach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom dé- (“bi-”) + súileach (“-eyed”).
Adjective
editdéshúileach (genitive singular masculine déshúiligh, genitive singular feminine déshúilí, plural déshúileacha)
Declension
editDeclension of déshúileach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | déshúileach | dhéshúileach | déshúileacha; dhéshúileacha² | |
Vocative | dhéshúiligh | déshúileacha | ||
Genitive | déshúilí | déshúileacha | déshúileach | |
Dative | déshúileach; dhéshúileach¹ |
dhéshúileach; dhéshúiligh (archaic) |
déshúileacha; dhéshúileacha² | |
Comparative | níos déshúilí | |||
Superlative | is déshúilí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- amharc déshúileach m (“binocular vision”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
déshúileach | dhéshúileach | ndéshúileach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déshúileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “déshúileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024