drochshúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- droch-shúil (superseded)
Etymology
From droch- (“bad”) + súil (“eye”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔxˈ(h)uːlʲ/
Noun
drochshúil f (genitive singular drochshúile, nominative plural drochshúile)
- evil eye
- glare, dirty look
Declension
Declension of drochshúil
Second declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
drochshúil | dhrochshúil | ndrochshúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “drochshúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 droch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 71.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “drochshúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN