poblachtánach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
poblachtánach (genitive singular masculine poblachtánaigh, genitive singular feminine poblachtánaí, plural poblachtánacha, comparative poblachtánaí)
- republican (Irish politics)
- Synonym: poblachtach
Declension[edit]
Declension of poblachtánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | poblachtánach | phoblachtánach | poblachtánacha; phoblachtánacha² | |
| Vocative | phoblachtánaigh | poblachtánacha | ||
| Genitive | poblachtánaí | poblachtánacha | poblachtánach | |
| Dative | poblachtánach; phoblachtánach¹ |
phoblachtánach; phoblachtánaigh (archaic) |
poblachtánacha; phoblachtánacha² | |
| Comparative | níos poblachtánaí | |||
| Superlative | is poblachtánaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| poblachtánach | phoblachtánach | bpoblachtánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poblachtach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “poblachtánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024