radharc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision, range of vision; view, prospect”).

Noun

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, nominative plural radhairc)

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

• daille radhairc f, moille radhairc f (“dimness of vision”)
• dallradharc m, gearr-radharc m, giorra radhairc f (“short-sightedness”)
• díle mo radhairc (“as far as I can see”)
• dul as radharc, dul ó radharc (“to disappear”)
• éagsúlacht radhairc (“variety of scenery”)
• fad radhairc (“length of vision”)
• grinneas radhairc (“acuteness of sight”)
• lagú radhairc (“dimming of eyesight”)
• leathadh radhairc (“indistinctness of vision”)
• líon radhairc m, roisnín radhairc m (“eyebright”)
• lorgán radhairc m, radharcaimsitheoir m (“view-finder”)
• mallachar radhairc (“dimness of sight”)
• milleadh radhairc (“destruction of view”)
• néaróg radhairc f (“visual nerve”)
• nochtadh radhairc (“opening out of view”)
• radharc a fháil (ar), radharc a fheiceáil (ar) (“to get a look (at)”)
• radharc mara m (“seascape”)
• radharc na súl m (“eyesight”)
• radharc tíre m (“landscape”)
• radharcach (“seeing, viewing; visual, optical”, adjective)
• radharceolaíocht f (“optics”)
• radharceolaí m (“optician”)
• radharcra m (“scenery”)
• raon radhairc (“range of vision”)
• réim radhairc m, réimse radhairc (“field of vision”)
• saobhadh radhairc (“distortion of sight”)
• seachmall radhairc (“optical illusion”)
• teacht i radharc (“to come in sight”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “radharc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →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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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision, range of vision; view, prospect”).

Noun

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, no plural)

1. power of vision, eyesight
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”)

See also

• fradharc
• lèirsinn

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “radharc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 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