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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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