leathshúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From leath- +‎ súil

Pronunciation

Noun

leathshúil f (genitive singular leathshúile)

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

Declension

Declension of leathshúil (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative leathshúil
vocative a leathshúil
genitive leathshúile
dative leathshúil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an leathshúil
genitive na leathshúile
dative leis an leathshúil
don leathshúil

Derived terms

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

References

  1. ^ “leathshúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 230, page 84

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