súilfhéachaint

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From súil (eye) +‎ féachaint (look).

Noun

súilfhéachaint f (genitive singular súilfhéachana, nominative plural súilfhéachaintí)

  1. glance (brief or cursory look)
    Thug mé súilfhéachaint ar féinín mo chailín.
    I glanced at my girlfriend’s selfie.

Declension

Mutation

Mutated forms of súilfhéachaint
radical lenition eclipsis
súilfhéachaint shúilfhéachaint
after an, tsúilfhéachaint
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ súilfhéachaint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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