camshúileach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cam (“crooked”) + súileach (“-eyed”).
Adjective[edit]
camshúileach (genitive singular masculine camshúiligh, genitive singular feminine camshúilí, plural camshúileacha, comparative camshúilí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of camshúileach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | camshúileach | chamshúileach | camshúileacha; chamshúileacha² | |
Vocative | chamshúiligh | camshúileacha | ||
Genitive | camshúilí | camshúileacha | camshúileach | |
Dative | camshúileach; chamshúileach¹ |
chamshúileach; chamshúiligh (archaic) |
camshúileacha; chamshúileacha² | |
Comparative | níos camshúilí | |||
Superlative | is camshúilí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms[edit]
- camshúilí (“squint”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
camshúileach | chamshúileach | gcamshúileach |
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) “camshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN