From cam (“crooked”) + súileach (“-eyed”).
camshúileach (genitive singular masculine camshúiligh, genitive singular feminine camshúilí, plural camshúileacha, comparative camshúilí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | camshúileach | chamshúileach | camshúileacha; chamshúileacha2 | |
vocative | chamshúiligh | camshúileacha | ||
genitive | camshúilí | camshúileacha | camshúileach | |
dative | camshúileach; chamshúileach1 |
chamshúileach; chamshúiligh (archaic) |
camshúileacha; chamshúileacha2 | |
Comparative | níos camshúilí | |||
Superlative | is camshúilí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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camshúileach | chamshúileach | gcamshúileach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.