lagshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lac-ṡúilech (“dim-eyed”). By surface analysis, lag (“weak”) +‎ súileach (“-eyed”).

Adjective

lagshúileach (genitive singular masculine lagshúiligh, genitive singular feminine lagshúilí, plural lagshúileacha, comparative lagshúilí)

1. weak-eyed

Declension

Declension of lagshúileach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	lagshúileach	lagshúileach	lagshúileacha; lagshúileacha²
Vocative	lagshúiligh		lagshúileacha
Genitive		lagshúilí	lagshúileacha	lagshúileach
Dative	lagshúileach; lagshúileach¹	lagshúileach; lagshúiligh (archaic)	lagshúileacha; lagshúileacha²
Comparative	níos lagshúilí
Superlative	is lagshúilí

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lagshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN