fiarshúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fiar (“slant”) + súil (“eye”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fiarshúil f (genitive singular fiarshúile, nominative plural fiarshúile)
- squint (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus)
- Tá fiarshúil i m’iníon.
- My daughter squints/has a squint.
Declension[edit]
Declension of fiarshúil
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fiarshúil | fhiarshúil | bhfiarshúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ “fiarshúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fiar-ṡúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiarshúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN