sreangshúil

Irish

Etymology

From sreang (“string; wire, cord”) +‎ súil (“eye”).

Noun

sreangshúil f (genitive singular sreangshúile)

1. bloodshot eye

Declension

Declension of sreangshúil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sreangshúil Vocative a shreangshúil Genitive sreangshúile Dative sreangshúil

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tsreangshúil Genitive na sreangshúile Dative leis an tsreangshúil don tsreangshúil

Derived terms

• sreangshúileach (“having bloodshot eyes”, adjective)

Related terms

• sreangach (“bloodshot”, adjective)

References

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