radharc

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, nominative plural radhairc)

  1. sight
  2. faculty of sight, vision
  3. range of vision
  4. look
  5. prospect, view
  6. thing seen
  7. remarkable sight
  8. (theater) scene
  9. (anatomy) eye(s)

Declension

Declension of radharc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative radharc radhairc
Vocative a radhairc a radharca
Genitive radhairc radharc
Dative radharc radhairc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an radharc na radhairc
Genitive an radhairc na radharc
Dative leis an radharc

don radharc

leis na radhairc

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rodarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 82, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision”).

Pronunciation

Noun

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, no plural)

  1. power of vision, eyesight
    Synonym: lèirsinn
  2. view, prospect
  3. (anatomy, Lewis) pupil (of the eye)

Derived terms

  • cùl-radharc m (“retrospection, looking behind; circumspection”)
  • sùil-radharc m (“fascination; foresight; sense of sight, vision; fate”)
  • sùl-radharc m (“eyesight; foresight; fate; fascination”)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “radharc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rodarc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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