beoshúileach

Irish

Etymology

From beo (“alive; lively”) +‎ súileach (“-eyed”).

Adjective

beoshúileach (genitive singular masculine beoshúiligh, genitive singular feminine beoshúilí, plural beoshúileacha, comparative beoshúilí)

  1. quick-eyed

Declension

Declension of beoshúileach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of beoshúileach
radical lenition eclipsis
beoshúileach bheoshúileach mbeoshúileach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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