From Old Irish lac-ṡúilech (“dim-eyed”). By surface analysis, lag (“weak”) + súileach (“-eyed”).
lagshúileach (genitive singular masculine lagshúiligh, genitive singular feminine lagshúilí, plural lagshúileacha, comparative lagshúilí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | lagshúileach | lagshúileach | lagshúileacha; lagshúileacha2 | |
vocative | lagshúiligh | lagshúileacha | ||
genitive | lagshúilí | lagshúileacha | lagshúileach | |
dative | lagshúileach; lagshúileach1 |
lagshúileach; lagshúiligh (archaic) |
lagshúileacha; lagshúileacha2 | |
Comparative | níos lagshúilí | |||
Superlative | is lagshúilí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.