súilfhéachaint

Irish

Alternative forms

  • súil-fhéachaint (superseded)
  • súilfheuchaint, súil-fheuchaint (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From súil (eye) + féachaint (look).

Noun

súilfhéachaint f (genitive singular súilfhéachana, nominative plural súilfhéachaintí)

  1. glance (brief or cursory look)
    Thug mé súilfhéachaint ar féinín mo chailín.
    I glanced at my girlfriend’s selfie.

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
súilfhéachaint shúilfhéachaint
after an, tsúilfhéachaint
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. súilfhéachaint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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