sreangshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From sreangshúil (“bloodshot eye”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sreangshúileach (genitive singular masculine sreangshúiligh, genitive singular feminine sreangshúilí, plural sreangshúileacha)

1. having bloodshot eyes

Declension

Declension of sreangshúileach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sreangshúileach	shreangshúileach	sreangshúileacha; shreangshúileacha2
vocative	shreangshúiligh		sreangshúileacha
genitive		sreangshúilí	sreangshúileacha	sreangshúileach
dative	sreangshúileach; shreangshúileach1	shreangshúileach; shreangshúiligh (archaic)	sreangshúileacha; shreangshúileacha2
Comparative	níos sreangshúilí
Superlative	is sreangshúilí

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

• sreangach (“bloodshot”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sreangshúileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sreangshúileach	shreangshúileach after an, tsreangshúileach	not applicable

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

References

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