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)

eyed

Declension

Declension of *súileach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	súileach	súileach	súileacha; súileacha²
vocative	súiligh	súileach	súileacha
genitive	súiligh	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.

Related terms

aonsúileach (“one-eyed”)
beoshúileach (“quick-eyed”)
biorshúileach (“beady-eyed”)
bolgshúileach (“pop-eyed”)
borrshúileach (“pop-eyed”)
camshúileach (“cockeyed”)
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.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “súileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “súilech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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