leathshúil

Irish

Alternative forms

leath-shúil (superseded)

Etymology

From leath- +‎ súil

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲahuːlʲ/

Noun

leathshúil f (genitive singular leathshúile)

(singular only) one eye, a single eye

Declension

Declension of leathshúil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	leathshúil
Vocative	a leathshúil
Genitive	leathshúile
Dative	leathshúil

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an leathshúil
Genitive	na leathshúile
Dative	leis an leathshúil don leathshúil

Derived terms

ar leathshúil (“one-eyed”)
leathshúileach (“one-eyed”)

Further reading

“leathshúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “leaṫ-ṡúil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 430
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leathshúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 84

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