beoshúileach
Irish
Etymology
From beo (“alive; lively”) + súil (“eye”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
beoshúileach (genitive singular masculine beoshúiligh, genitive singular feminine beoshúilí, plural beoshúileacha, comparative beoshúilí)
- quick-eyed
Declension
Declension of beoshúileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beoshúileach | bheoshúileach | beoshúileacha; bheoshúileacha² | |
| Vocative | bheoshúiligh | beoshúileacha | ||
| Genitive | beoshúilí | beoshúileacha | beoshúileach | |
| Dative | beoshúileach; bheoshúileach¹ | bheoshúileach; bheoshúiligh (archaic) | beoshúileacha; bheoshúileacha² | |
| Comparative | níos beoshúilí | |||
| Superlative | is beoshúilí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beoshúileach | bheoshúileach | mbeoshúileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beoshúileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “beoshúileach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.