déshúileach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dé- (“bi-”) + súileach (“-eyed”).
Adjective
[edit]déshúileach (genitive singular masculine déshúiligh, genitive singular feminine déshúilí, plural déshúileacha)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- amharc déshúileach m (“binocular vision”)
Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déshúileach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “déshúileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024