púicshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From púic (“blind over eyes, mask; covering; moroseness, glumness; frown, scowl”) +‎ súileach (“eyed”).

Adjective

púicshúileach (genitive singular masculine púicshúiligh, genitive singular feminine púicshúilí, plural púicshúileacha, comparative púicshúilí)

1. sunken-eyed, hollow-eyed

   Synonym: cuas-súileach

Declension

Declension of púicshúileach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	púicshúileach	phúicshúileach	púicshúileacha; phúicshúileacha2
vocative	phúicshúiligh		púicshúileacha
genitive		púicshúilí	púicshúileacha	púicshúileach
dative	púicshúileach; phúicshúileach1	phúicshúileach; phúicshúiligh (archaic)	púicshúileacha; phúicshúileacha2
Comparative	níos púicshúilí
Superlative	is púicshúilí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of púicshúileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
púicshúileach	phúicshúileach	bpúicshúileach

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) “púicshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “púicshúileach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024