camshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From cam (“crooked”) +‎ súileach (“-eyed”).

Adjective

camshúileach (genitive singular masculine camshúiligh, genitive singular feminine camshúilí, plural camshúileacha, comparative camshúilí)

1. cockeyed, squinty

Declension

Declension of camshúileach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	camshúileach	chamshúileach	camshúileacha; chamshúileacha2
vocative	chamshúiligh		camshúileacha
genitive		camshúilí	strong noun	weak noun
			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

• camshúilí (“squint”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of camshúileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
camshúileach	chamshúileach	gcamshúileach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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