sreangshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From sreangshúil (“bloodshot eye”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

sreangshúileach (genitive singular masculine sreangshúiligh, genitive singular feminine sreangshúilí, plural sreangshúileacha)

1. having bloodshot eyes

Declension

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

• sreangach (“bloodshot”, adjective)

References

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