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) | |||
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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 | ||
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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