sreangshúileach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sreangshúil (“bloodshot eye”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
sreangshúileach (genitive singular masculine sreangshúiligh, genitive singular feminine sreangshúilí, plural sreangshúileacha)
- having bloodshot eyes
Declension[edit]
Declension of sreangshúileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | sreangshúileach | shreangshúileach | sreangshúileacha; shreangshúileacha² | |
| Vocative | shreangshúiligh | sreangshúileacha | ||
| Genitive | sreangshúilí | sreangshúileacha | sreangshúileach | |
| Dative | sreangshúileach; shreangshúileach¹ |
shreangshúileach; shreangshúiligh (archaic) |
sreangshúileacha; shreangshúileacha² | |
| Comparative | níos sreangshúilí | |||
| Superlative | is sreangshúilí | |||
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[edit]
- sreangach (“bloodshot”, adjective)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sreangshúileach | shreangshúileach after an, tsreangshúileach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sreangshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN