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déshúileach

Irish

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Etymology

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From dé- (“bi-”) +‎ súileach (“-eyed”).

Adjective

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déshúileach (genitive singular masculine déshúiligh, genitive singular feminine déshúilí, plural déshúileacha)

  1. binocular

Declension

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Declension of déshúileach
Singular Plural (m/f)
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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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