súileach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish súilech (“having eyes or sight”). By surface analysis, súil (“eye”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

súileach (genitive singular masculine súiligh, genitive singular feminine súilí, plural súileacha, comparative súilí)

  1. eyed

Declension

Declension of súileach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative súileach shúileach súileacha;
shúileacha2
vocative shúiligh súileacha
genitive súilí súileacha súileach
dative súileach;
shúileach1 		shúileach;
shúiligh (archaic) 		súileacha;
shúileacha2
Comparative níos súilí
Superlative is súilí

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

  • aonsúileach (“one-eyed”)
  • beoshúileach (“quick-eyed”)
  • biorshúileach (“beady-eyed”)
  • bolgshúileach (“pop-eyed”)
  • borrshúileach (“pop-eyed”)
  • camshúileach (“cockeyed”) (Catalan)
  • claonsúileach (“cross-eyed”)
  • cnapshúileach (“goggle-eyed”)
  • cuas-súileach (“hollow-eyed”)
  • deargshúileach (“red-eyed”)
  • déshúileach (“binocular”)
  • dúshúileach (“black-eyed”)
  • fiáinsúileach (“wild-eyed”)
  • géarshúileach (“sharp-eyed”)
  • glas-súileach (“green-eyed”)
  • glórshúileach (“walleyed”)
  • gormshúileach (“blue-eyed”)
  • lagshúileach (“weak-eyed”)
  • órshúileach (“golden-eyed”)
  • púicshúileach (“sunken-eyed”)
  • scéansúileach (“wild-eyed”)
  • sramshúileach (“bleary-eyed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of súileach
radical lenition eclipsis
súileach shúileach
after an, tsúileach 		not applicable

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

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