fiarshúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiar-shúil (superseded)

Etymology

From fiar (“slant”) +‎ súil (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲiəɾʲhulʲ/

Noun

fiarshúil f (genitive singular fiarshúile, nominative plural fiarshúile)

1. 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

Declension of fiarshúil (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fiarshúil fiarshúile vocative a fhiarshúil a fhiarshúile genitive fiarshúile fiarshúl dative fiarshúil fiarshúile forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhiarshúil na fiarshúile genitive na fiarshúile na bhfiarshúl dative leis an bhfiarshúil don fhiarshúil leis na fiarshúile

Derived terms

• fiarshúileach
• fiarshúilí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiarshúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiarshúil	fhiarshúil	bhfiarshúil

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

Further reading

• 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