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)

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

Terms derived from radharc

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)

power of vision, eyesight
view, prospect
(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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