súileach

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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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative súileach súileach súileacha;
súileacha²
Vocative súiligh súileacha
Genitive súilí súileacha súileach
Dative súileach;
súileach¹ 		súileach;
súiligh (archaic) 		súileacha;
súileacha²
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
súileach shúileach
after an, tsúileach 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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