Irish

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

Derived terms

References

• "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 0 901771 92 9
• “rodarc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.