leathshúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• leath-shúil (superseded)

Etymology

From leath- +‎ súil

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲahuːlʲ/

Noun

leathshúil f (genitive singular leathshúile)

1. (singular only) one eye, a single eye

Declension

Declension of leathshúil (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative leathshúil vocative a leathshúil genitive leathshúile dative leathshúil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an leathshúil genitive na leathshúile dative leis an leathshúil don leathshúil

Derived terms

• ar leathshúil (“one-eyed”)
• leathshúileach (“one-eyed”)

Further reading

• “leathshúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leaṫ-ṡúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 430
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathshúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84