radharc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision, range of vision; view, prospect”).

Noun

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, nominative plural radhairc)

  1. sight
    1. faculty of sight, vision
    2. range of vision
    3. look
    4. prospect, view
    5. thing seen
    6. remarkable sight
    7. (theater) scene
    8. (anatomy) eye(s)

Declension
Declension of radharc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative radharc radhairc
Vocative a radhairc a radharca
Genitive radhairc radharc
Dative radharc radhairc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an radharc na radhairc
Genitive an radhairc na radharc
Dative leis an radharc

don radharc

 leis na radhairc

Derived terms
  • daille radhairc f, moille radhairc f (“dimness of vision”)
  • dallradharc m, gearr-radharc m, giorra radhairc f (“short-sightedness”)
  • díle mo radhairc (“as far as I can see”)
  • dul as radharc, dul ó radharc (“to disappear”)
  • éagsúlacht radhairc (“variety of scenery”)
  • fad radhairc (“length of vision”)
  • grinneas radhairc (“acuteness of sight”)
  • lagú radhairc (“dimming of eyesight”)
  • leathadh radhairc (“indistinctness of vision”)
  • líon radhairc m, roisnín radhairc m (“eyebright”)
  • lorgán radhairc m, radharcaimsitheoir m (“view-finder”)
  • mallachar radhairc (“dimness of sight”)
  • milleadh radhairc (“destruction of view”)
  • néaróg radhairc f (“visual nerve”)
  • nochtadh radhairc (“opening out of view”)
  • radharcach (“seeing, viewing; visual, optical”, adjective)
  • radharc a fháil (ar), radharc a fheiceáil (ar) (“to get a look (at)”)
  • radharceolaí m (“optician”)
  • radharceolaíocht f (“optics”)
  • radharc mara m (“seascape”)
  • radharc na súl m (“eyesight”)
  • radharcra m (“scenery”)
  • radharc tíre m (“landscape”)
  • raon radhairc (“range of vision”)
  • réim radhairc m, réimse radhairc (“field of vision”)
  • saobhadh radhairc (“distortion of sight”)
  • seachmall radhairc (“optical illusion”)
  • teacht i radharc (“to come in sight”)

Further reading
  • "radharc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “rodarc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish rodarc, radarc m (“sight, vision, range of vision; view, prospect”).

Noun

radharc m (genitive singular radhairc, no plural)

  1. power of vision, eyesight
  2. view, prospect
  3. (anatomy, Lewis) pupil (of the eye)

Derived terms
  • cùl-radharc m (“retrospection, looking behind; circumspection”)
  • sùil-radharc m (“fascination; foresight; sense of sight, vision; fate”)
  • sùl-radharc m (“eyesight; foresight; fate; fascination”)

See also
  • fradharc
  • lèirsinn

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “rodarc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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